LGALS3 and acute kidney injury: Among patient with AKI, Gal-3 level was significantly higher among patients with no renal recovery than among patients with renal recovery (35 [24.8, 55.4] ng/ml versus 27.5 [20.1, 40.3] ng/ml, p < 0.001, respectively) (Additional file 1: Fig. S10 and Table S4).