Urinary NGAL had significantly better diagnostic accuracy for AKI than IL-18 (relative DOR 0.38, 95% CI 0.26–0.56), IL-18/Cr (relative DOR 0.60, 95% CI 0.37–0.98), KIM-1 (relative DOR 0.61, 95% CI 0.42–0.88), and L-FABP (relative DOR 0.61, 95% CI 0.41–0.88) (Table 7). This evidence concerns the gene IL18 and acute kidney injury.