LGALS3 and chronic kidney disease: More recently, we have reported that plasma Gal-3 level at ICU admission, with heterogenous diagnosis, was found to be associated with AKI with an OR of 1.12 CI95%[1.04, 1.2] after adjustment on severity biomarkers and non-renal recovery confounding factor (i.e., gender, age, CKD, vasopressor treatment, SAPSII, Charlson score, Screat at admission, and lactate value at admission).