Table 3

Performance of serum IL-6 and IL-8 for the diagnosis of acute kidney injury at various times after cardiopulmonary bypass

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Positive predictive value (%)*

Negative predictive value (%)*

Area under the ROC curve


IL-6 at 2 hours

0.76

≥175 pg/ml

44

85

63

73

≥125 pg/ml

78

80

69

87

≥75 pg/ml

83

25

39

73

IL-6 at 12 hours

0.71

≥175 pg/ml

17

100

100

68

≥125 pg/ml

22

100

100

70

≥75 pg/ml

50

89

72

76


IL-8 at 2 hours

0.74

≥100 pg/ml

44

80

56

72

≥70 pg/ml

67

65

52

78

≥40 pg/ml

83

45

46

83

IL-8 at 12 hours

0.82

≥100 pg/ml

18

100

100

68

≥70 pg/ml

35

100

100

73

≥40 pg/ml

71

74

60

82


*Because positive and negative predictive values will vary based on AKI prevalence, we assumed a prevalence of 36%, as in [17].

Liu et al. Critical Care 2009 13:R104   doi:10.1186/cc7940

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