NFKB1 and acute kidney injury: On admission (day 0), the mean level urinary sediment NF-κB p65 was significantly elevated in complicated P. falciparum malaria with AKI (0.47 ± 0.02), compared with P. vivax malaria (0.21 ± 0.02), uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria (0.27 ± 0.02) and complicated P. falciparum malaria without AKI (0.36 ± 0.01), (p <0.001, p <0.001, p = 0.001, respectively).