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Table 5 Summary of the diagnostic meta-analysis in the medical/mixed and surgical 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)

Medical/mixed population

NGAL

22

80.0 (74.7–84.4)

81.8 (77.3–85.5)

17.9 (12.3–26.3)

Reference

Reference

Reference

IL-18

7

61.0 (51.3–69.9)

78.3 (72.8–82.9)

5.6 (3.5–9.0)

0.76 (0.67–0.87)

0.96 (0.92–0.99)*

0.31 (0.21–0.47)*

IL-18/Cr

3

71.6 (62.0–79.6)

80.0 (73.4–85.3)

10.1 (5.8–17.6)

0.90 (0.80–1.00)

0.98 (0.92–1.04)

0.56 (0.34–0.94)*

KIM-1

10

73.8 (66.3–80.2)

78.5 (73.0–83.0)

10.3 (6.6–16.0)

0.92 (0.85–1.00)*

0.96 (0.93–0.99)*

0.57 (0.40–0.82)*

KIM-1/Cr

4

69.7 (58.5–78.9)

82.2 (75.5–87.3)

10.6 (5.7–19.5)

0.87 (0.76–1.00)*

1.01 (0.95–1.07)

0.59 (0.33–1.05)

L-FABP

4

68.3 (57.9–77.2)

79.3 (73.9–83.8)

8.3 (4.9–13.9)

0.85 (0.75–0.97)*

0.97 (0.94–1.00)

0.46 (0.30–0.71)*

L-FABP/Cr

3

80.9 (68.7–89.1)

68.2 (41.8–86.4)

9.1 (2.6–31.5)

1.01 (0.89–1.15)

0.83 (0.59–1.18)

0.50 (0.14–1.80)

NGAL/Cr

6

71.4 (61.9–79.3)

86.0 (81.0–89.7)

15.3 (8.9–26.2)

0.89 (0.80–1.00)*

1.05 (1.01–1.10)*

0.85 (0.52–1.39)

Serum NGAL

27

77.5 (71.7–82.3)

80.4 (75.7–84.4)

14.1 (9.6–20.8)

0.97 (0.91–1.03)

0.98 (0.95–1.02)

0.79 (0.56–1.11)

TIMP-2 × IGFBP-7: 0.3

6

70.9 (54.0–83.5)

67.6 (49.7–81.5)

5.1 (2.0–13.2)

0.89 (0.71–1.11)

0.83 (0.65–1.06)

0.28 (0.10–0.79)*

TIMP-2 × IGFBP-7: 2

4

25.6 (13.7–42.6)

96.6 (92.8–98.5)

9.8 (3.5–27.2)

0.32 (0.18–0.57)*

1.18 (1.12–1.25)

0.55 (0.18–1.63)

Surgical population

NGAL

13

67.5 (57.9–75.9)

75.5 (68.2–81.6)

6.4 (3.7–11.2)

Reference

Reference

Reference

IL-18

5

76.1 (65.0–84.5)

78.8 (71.7–84.5)

11.8 (6.1–22.9)

1.13 (0.98–1.29)

1.04 (0.999–1.09)

1.84 (1.08–3.13)*

KIM-1

4

85.8 (72.4–93.3)

81.3 (71.7–88.2)

26.2 (9.6–71.6)

1.27 (1.09–1.49)*

1.08 (0.98–1.18)

4.09 (1.56–10.73)*

KIM-1/Cr

2

71.8 (43.8–89.3)

86.1 (77.5–91.7)

15.7 (4.2–59.3)

1.06 (0.75–1.50)

1.14 (1.05–1.24)*

2.45 (0.66–9.13)

L-FABP

6

68.8 (55.6–79.6)

87.1 (80.6–91.6)

14.9 (7.0–31.5)

1.02 (0.84–1.23)

1.15 (1.07–1.24)*

2.32 (1.12–4.81)*

L-FABP/Cr

5

81.6 (69.4–89.7)

76.5 (63.9–85.7)

14.5 (5.8–36.2)

1.21 (1.02–1.43)*

1.01 (0.88–1.17)

2.26 (0.86–5.93)

NGAL/Cr

3

78.1 (56.1–90.9)

90.6 (80.5–95.7)

34.3 (9.0–130.6)

1.16 (0.90–1.49)

1.20 (1.08–1.33)*

5.35 (1.35–21.17)*

Serum NGAL

13

74.9 (65.9–82.2)

76.6 (69.3–82.5)

9.8 (5.5–17.4)

1.11 (0.97–1.27)

1.01 (0.97–1.06)

1.52 (0.91–2.55)

TIMP-2 × IGFBP-7: custom

5

81.5 (66.4–90.8)

56.1 (39.8–71.1)

5.6 (2.0–16.1)

1.21 (0.99–1.48)

0.74 (0.55–1.005)

0.88 (0.27–2.88)

TIMP-2 × IGFBP-7: 0.3

11

65.7 (53.1–76.3)

74.5 (62.6–83.6)

5.6 (2.6–12.2)

0.97 (0.78–1.22)

0.99 (0.84–1.17)

0.87 (0.34–2.27)

TIMP-2 × IGFBP-7: 2

7

13.9 (7.9–23.2)

97.3 (94.8–98.6)

5.8 (2.3–15.0)

0.21 (0.12–0.36)

1.29 (1.18–1.41)

0.91 (0.31–2.72)

  1. CI confidence interval, DOR diagnostic odds ratio, NGAL neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, IL-18 interleukin-18, Cr urine creatinine, KIM-1 kidney injury molecule-1, L-FABP liver-type fatty acid-binding protein, 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”