Briefly, the 507 patients with available urinary NGAL data were; 39.4% female, 60±18 years of age, 18.1% with Chronic Kidney Disease, 18.9% with sepsis, with a median baseline plasma creatinine of 76 μmol/l (IQR: 60–92 μmol/l), and with a mean APACHE II score of 17.9±6.3. This evidence concerns the gene LCN2 and chronic kidney disease.