TIMP2 and acute kidney injury: In addition, by Kaplan-Meier and cox proportional hazard model analyses for the composite end point “death or dialysis” within 3 months we show that patients with AKI and [TIMP-2]•[IGFBP7] values > 2.0 are at higher risk for adverse outcomes than AKI patients with [TIMP-2]•[IGFBP7] values ≤ 0.3.