Elevated Plasma Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Level as a Risk Factor for Anemia in Patients with Systemic Inflammation

Table 5

A multivariate logistic regression analysis for the presence of anemia in 187 patients with inflammation.

NGAL > 156 ng/mL as a categorical variable	Presence of anemia
	Odds ratio; (95% confidence interval)	P value
Unadjusted	3.14 (1.29–6.05)	<0.001
Adjusted for age, gender, and BMI	2.37 (1.24–5.12)	<0.001
Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, and eGFR	2.15 (1.13–7.08)	<0.001
Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, and troponin-I	2.28 (1.20–7.94)	<0.001
Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, eGFR, and troponin-I	1.99 (1.05–6.26)	<0.001
Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, eGFR, troponin-I, and cESR	1.27 (1.12–3.24)	0.025
Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, eGFR, troponin-I, and hsCRP	1.30 (1.07–2.58)	0.010

NGAL, neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin; BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.