Does combining urine sediment examination to renal cell arrest and damage biomarkers improve prediction of progression and mortality of sepsis associated acute kidney injury?

Table 6 Correlation between eGFR (after 3 months) with urine sediment scores, renal cell arrest and damage markers in study patients

eGFR After 3 months vs.	No.	τ_b	P
IGFBP-7 × TIMP-2	64	-0.250^*	0.004^*
KIM-1	64	-0.017	0.843
P1	64	-0.027	0.789
P2	64	-0.229^*	0.018^*
P3	49	-0.141	0.206
C1	64	0.049	0.643
C2	64	-0.306^*	0.002^*
C3	49	-0.287^*	0.013^*

τ_b: Kendall’s tau-b
*: Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05
P1, P2 and P3: Perazella score at day 1, 3 and 7 respectively
C1, C2 and C3: Chawla score at day 1, 3 and 7 respectively
eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate, IGFBP-7: insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7, KIM-1: kidney injury molecule-1, TIMP-2: tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2

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