Table 5 Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve values for mortality prediction by biomarkers

Plasma NGAL

0.79 (0.67 to 0.88)

0.68 (0.53 to 0.80)

Plasma IL-6

0.82 (0.57 to 0.94)

0.66 (0.50 to 0.79)

Plasma EPO

0.63 (0.38 to 0.90)

0.60 (0.44 to 0.75)

Serum creatinine

0.67 (0.53 to 0.78)

0.61 (0.45 to 0.74)

Urinary TIMP-2

0.83 (0.59 to 0.94)*

0.74 (0.60 to 0.85)*

Urinary NAG

0.80 (0.58 to 0.92)*

0.70 (0.54 to 0.82)