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Table 4 Summary of the diagnostic meta-analysis in the ICU and non-ICU population

From: Comparative accuracy of biomarkers for the prediction of hospital-acquired acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Population/marker

No. of study

Sensitivity, % (95% CI)

Specificity, % (95% CI)

DOR (95% CI)

Relative sensitivity (95% CI)

Relative specificity (95% CI)

Relative DOR (95% CI)

ICU population

NGAL

27

76.2 (71.0–80.7)

78.6 (74.3–82.3)

11.8 (8.6–16.1)

Reference

Reference

Reference

IL-18

8

65.4 (55.3–74.2)

80.4 (75.7–84.3)

7.7 (4.8–12.3)

0.86 (0.75–0.98)*

1.02 (0.99–1.06)

0.66 (0.42–1.02)

IL-18/Cr

3

69.0 (59.3–77.2)

79.5 (73.3–84.5)

8.6 (5.2–14.4)

0.91 (0.80–1.02)

1.01 (0.95–1.07)

0.73 (0.45–1.20)

KIM-1

7

74.1 (65.0–81.5)

77.7 (71.3–83.1)

10.0 (5.9–16.8)

0.97 (0.87–1.08)

0.99 (0.93–1.05)

0.85 (0.52–1.40)

KIM-1/Cr

4

65.8 (55.0–75.2)

83.8 (78.5–88.0)

9.9 (5.8–17.1)

0.86 (0.75–1.001)

1.07 (1.01–1.12)*

0.85 (0.50–1.43)

L-FABP

9

69.4 (59.8–77.5)

80.2 (74.5–84.9)

9.2 (5.6–15.0)

0.91 (0.81–1.03)

1.02 (0.97–1.08)

0.78 (0.48–1.27)

L-FABP/Cr

6

84.0 (74.3–90.6)

69.6 (58.0–79.2)

12.1 (5.8–25.1)

1.10 (0.99–1.23)

0.89 (0.76–1.03)

1.03 (0.48–2.21)

NGAL/Cr

7

68.1 (59.1–76.0)

85.5 (81.0–89.1)

12.6 (7.8–20.2)

0.89 (0.80–1.01)

1.09 (1.04–1.14)*

1.07 (0.68–1.69)

Serum NGAL

26

75.3 (69.8–80.0)

78.2 (73.8–82.1)

11.0 (8.0–15.1)

0.99 (0.92–1.06)

1.00 (0.97–1.02)

0.93 (0.69–1.26)

TIMP-2 × IGFBP-7: custom

5

89.8 (79.0–95.3)

57.5 (43.0–70.9)

11.9 (4.5–31.1)

1.18 (1.06–1.31)*

0.73 (0.57–0.94)*

1.01 (0.37–2.79)

TIMP-2 × IGFBP-7: 0.3

15

67.9 (57.9–76.5)

73.9 (64.8–81.3)

6.0 (3.6–10.0)

0.89 (0.77–1.04)

0.94 (0.83–1.06)

0.51 (0.28–0.92)*

TIMP-2 × IGFBP-7: 2

9

18.1 (11.9–26.6)

97.4 (95.7–98.4)

8.1 (4.3–15.3)

0.24 (0.16–0.36)

1.24 (1.18–1.31)

0.69 (0.34–1.40)

Non-ICU population

NGAL

8

75.8 (65.0–84.1)

84.5 (76.4–90.2)

17.1 (7.8–37.5)

Reference

Reference

Reference

IL-18

4

68.2 (54.8–79.1)

81.7 (72.3–88.4)

9.6 (4.2–21.9)

0.90 (0.79–1.03)

0.97 (0.93–0.999)*

0.56 (0.35–0.91)*

KIM-1

7

77.4 (66.2–85.7)

82.4 (73.2–88.9)

16.0 (7.0–36.2)

1.02 (0.92–1.13)

0.97 (0.94–1.01)

0.93 (0.58–1.51)

KIM-1/Cr

2

92.0 (50.2–99.2)

58.8 (34.4–79.5)

16.4 (1.1–237.5)

1.21 (0.96–1.53)

0.70 (0.46–1.04)

0.96 (0.06–14.79)

L-FABP/Cr

2

75.7 (46.1–91.9)

92.1 (68.5–98.4)

36.0 (3.7–349.5)

0.999 (0.71–1.40)

1.09 (0.93–1.27)

2.11 (0.19–23.38)

NGAL/Cr

2

93.5 (64.1–99.1)

87.4 (65.1–96.3)

99.3 (7.7–1285.0)

1.23 (1.02–1.49)*

1.03 (0.86–1.24)

5.81 (0.41–83.40)

Serum NGAL

14

77.2 (67.5–84.7)

81.6 (72.7–88.1)

15.0 (7.1–32.0)

1.02 (0.87–1.19)

0.97 (0.87–1.07)

0.88 (0.35–2.20)

TIMP-2 × IGFBP-7: 0.3

2

73.0 (42.4–90.9)

61.2 (26.3–87.5)

4.3 (0.5–36.4)

0.96 (0.66–1.40)

0.72 (0.40–1.30)

0.25 (0.03–2.45)

TIMP-2 × IGFBP-7: 2

2

25.9 (8.6–56.5)

95.6 (82.2–99.0)

7.6 (0.8–67.9)

0.34 (0.13–0.91)*

1.13 (1.02–1.26)*

0.44 (0.04–4.56)

  1. CI confidence interval, Cr creatinine, DOR diagnostic odds ratio, ICU intensive care unit, IL-18 interleukin-18, KIM-1 kidney injury molecule-1, L-FABP liver-type fatty acid-binding protein, NGAL neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, TIMP-2 × IGFBP-7 tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 × insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-7
  2. *Numbers in bold indicate significant difference (P < 0.05) versus the referent category: “NGAL”