One thousand three hundred and two (62.7%) patients had no AKI with a median Gal-3 of 16.6 [12.7, 24.5] ng/ml, 245 (11.8%) had stage 1 AKI with a median Gal-3 of 23.6 [18.2, 34.2] ng/ml, 119 (5.7%) had stage 2 AKI with Gal-3 of 31.3 [20.8, 44.4] ng/ml, 410 (19.7%) had stage 3 AKI with Gal-3 of 38 [24.5, 57.1] ng/ml (Table 1 and Fig. 5). Here, LGALS3 is linked to acute kidney injury.