IL‐6, sTNFR‐1, sTNFR‐2 and PAI‐1 remained significantly associated with AKI independent of age, sex, race, clinical interventions and severity of illness markers (hypotension, bilirubin, platelets, degree of hypoxemia and presence of infection) (Darmon et al. 2014). Here, IL6 is linked to acute kidney injury.