LGALS3 and acute kidney injury: Plasma Gal-3 increase was correlated with the severity of AKI, 16.6 (12.7–34.2) ng/mL for no AKI, and from 23.6 (18.2–34.2) ng/mL for KDIGO 1 to 38 (24.5–57.1) ng/mL for KDIGO 3 [85].