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Table 1 Serum and urinary functional and injury biomarkers in healthy subjects (absolute concentrations)

From: Nephrotoxicity-induced proteinuria increases biomarker diagnostic thresholds in acute kidney injury

Biomarkers

Median and IQR

Lower reference limit

(5th centile)

Upper reference limit

(95th centile)

Serum biomarkers

 Total protein (g/dl)

6.5 (5.8–7.1)

5.3

8.9

 Albumin (g/dl)

4.1 (3.8–4.3)

3.2

5.3

 Creatinine

  mg/dl

0.82 (0.72–0.94)

0.56

1

  μmol/L

72 (64–84)

50

88

 Cystatin C (mg/l)

0.84 (0.78–0.88)

0.6

1

Urinary biomarkers

 Total protein (mg/L)

196 (161–267)

70

1870

 Creatinine

  mg/dl

123 (54–182)

33

253

  mmol/L

11 (5–16)

3

22

 Urea

  mg/dl

1432 (822–2023)

444

3206

  mmol/l

511 (294–722)

159

1144

 Cystatin C (ng/ml)

24 (11–51)

3.8

94

 Albumin (ng/ml)

5700 (1700–9200)

500

21000

 NGAL (ng/ml)

14.8 (10.2–40.3)

3.4

134

 KIM-1 (ng/ml)

0.57 (0.33–1.23)

0.02

2.8

 Clusterin (ng/ml)

217 (104–393)

28

798

 β2M (ng/ml)

67 (36–139)

14.5

250

 Osteopontin (ng/ml)

1400 (400–0.2800)

100

6800

 TFF3 (ng/ml)

1400 500–1500)

200

3200

 IL-18 (pg/ml)

53.8 (39–80)

39

136