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Table 3 Comparative diagnostic performance of renal biomarkers in predicting death in paraquat poisoning stratified by albuminuria

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

All patients (n = 50)

Patients with albuminuria (n = 34) a

p ‡

Biomarkers

(ng/mg Cr)

AUC-ROC

(95% CI)

Cut-off

Sensitivity

(95% CI)

Specificity

(95% CI)

AUC-ROC

(95% CI)

Cutoff

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity

(95% CI)

 

uCysC

0.78

(0.62–0.94)

>200

67 (35–90)

67 (50–82)

0.68

(0.49–0.88)

>300

67 (35–90)

66 (43–84)

0.46

uClu

0.70

(0.52–0.87)

>750

67 (34–90)

60 (42–75)

0.55

(0.34–0.76)

>1600

58 (28–74)

59 (36–80)

0.29

Uβ2M

0.68

(0.48–0.88)

>990

67 (35–90)

68 (50–82)

0.60

(0.39–0.82)

>1280

67 (35–90)

68 (45–86)

0.62

uNGAL

0.81

(0.67–0.95)

>80

67 (35–90)

68 (50–82)

0.75

(0.56–0.93)

>90

67 (35–90)

68 (45–86)

0.60

uKIM-1

0.75

(0.57–0.90)

>0.96

75 (43–94)

73 (56–85)

0.61

(0.41–0.82)

>1.3

67 (35–90)

40–83)

0.38

uTFF3

0.85

(0.72–0.98)

>2340

75 (43–94)

71 (52–85)

0.82

(0.67–0.97)

>2830

75 (43–94)

70 (46–88)

0.74

uOstP

0.82 (0.68–0.97)

>1760

75 (42–94)

70 (53–84)

75 (57–94)

>2100

75 (42–94)

68 (45–86)

0.60

uIL-18

(pg/mg Cr)

64 (45–82)

>130

63 (31–89)

60 (42–75)

55 (34–76)

>130

63 (31–89)

50 (28–72)

0.54

  1. a Albuminuria; ACR ≥ 30 mg/g, All normalised biomarker concentrations are presented in ng/mg Cr except uIL-18 (pg/mg Cr)
  2. ‡The AUC-ROC values were compared using Delong method