Supplementary Table 1 – Biomarker Summary Statistics By Any Acute Kidney Injury (atleast ≥ 0.3mg/dL increase or a ≥ 50% rise of baseline serum creatinine) All Patients (n=106) No AKI (n=50) Any AKI (n=56) Wilcoxon P value Biomarker Mean (SD) [Q1, Median, Q3] Mean (SD) [Q1, Median, Q3] Mean (SD) [Q1, Median, Q3] IL-6 pre-op 4.1 (10) [0.6, 1.0, 2.8] N=82 6.2 (14) [0.6, 1.7, 3.1] N=38 2.4 (3.6) [0.6, 0.6, 2.5] N=44 0.2 IL-6 day 1 128 (119) [52, 96, 165] N=105 127 (113) [59, 92, 145] N=49 129 (125) [46, 96, 176] N=56 0.8 IL-6 day 3 70 (102) [19, 38, 74] N=94 68 (108) [19, 38, 67] N=43 72 (97) [19, 37, 83] N=51 0.9 IL-10 pre-op 2.1 (3.4) [0.9, 0.9, 0.9] N=82 2.5 (4.0) [0.9, 0.9, 2.0] N=38 1.7 (2.8) [0.9, 0.9, 0.9] N=44 0.2 IL-10 day 1 135 (144) [61, 93, 139] N=104 133 (153) [50, 87, 156] N=49 137 (138) [65, 94, 122] N=55 0.7 IL-10 day 3 3.1 (7.2) [0.9, 0.9, 2.5] N=77 1.6 (2.1) [0.9, 0.9, 0.9] N=37 4.4 (9.6) [0.9, 0.9, 4.7] N=40 0.02 SD, Standard Deviation, Q1, First Quartile, Q3, Third Quartile Supplementary Table 2 – Biomarker Summary Statistics by Stage 2/3 Acute Kidney Injury Without Stage 2/3 AKI All Patients (n=106) (n=82) Stage 2/3 AKI (n=24) Wilcoxon P value Biomarker Mean (SD) [Q1, Median, Q3] Mean (SD) [Q1, Median, Q3] Mean (SD) [Q1, Median, Q3] IL-6 pre-op 4.2 (10) [0.6, 1.0, 2.8] N=82 4.1 (11) [0.6, 0.6, 2.2] N=65 4.3 (5.1) [0.6, 2.6, 4.9] N=17 IL-6 day 1 128 (119) [52, 96, 165] N=105 121 (104) [53, 91, 150] N=81 152 (160) [47, 107, 201] N=24 0.5 IL-6 day 3 70 (102) [19, 38, 74] N=94 60 (90) [19, 33, 67] N=71 101 (129) [22, 59, 109] N=23 0.1 IL-10 pre-op 2.0 (3.4) [0.9, 0.9, 0.9] N=82 2.1 (3.8) [0.9, 0.9, 0.9] N=65 1.8 (1.8) [0.9, 0.9, 0.9] N=17 0.8 IL-10 day 1 135 (144) [61, 93, 139] N=104 128 (140) [51, 88, 139] N=80 160 (159) [80, 95, 175] N=24 0.3 IL-10 day 3 3.1 (7.2) [0.9, 0.9, 2.5] N=77 1.9 (3.1) [0.9, 0.9, 0.9] N=56 6.2 (13) [0.9, 2.6, 6.3] N=21 Stage 2/3 AKI (atleast a doubling of serum creatinine or dialysis requirement), SD, Standard Deviation, Q1, First Quartile, Q3, Third Quartile 0.03 0.001 Supplementary Table 3: Preoperative IL-6 and its relationship with Postoperative Tubular Injury Biomarkers Unadjusted Adjusted* 2 R (p value) R2 (p value) NGAL Day 1 0.158 (p=0.001) 0.181 (p=0.028) NGAL Day 2 0.706 (p=0.001) 0.210 (p=0.126) NGAL Day 3 0.146 (p=0.006) 0.108 (p=0.18) IL-18 Day 1 0.000 (p=0.342) 0.177 (p=0.370) IL-18 Day 2 0.014 (p=0.378) 0.078 (p=0.345) IL-18 Day 3 0.146 (p=0.761) 0.218 (p=0.857) KIM-1 Day 1 0.007 (p=0.527) 0.140 (p=0.229) KIM-1 Day 2 0.001 (p=0.780) 0.287 (p=0.802) KIM-1 Day 3 0.001 (p=0.850) 0.279 (p=0.184) L-FABP Day 1 0.000 (p=0.933) 0.110 (p=0.698) L-FABP Day 2 0.035 (p=0.108) 0.069 (p=0.177) L-FABP Day 3 0.126 (p=0.004) 0.223 (p=0.141) Analyses were adjusted for: age, gender, race, surgical site, RACHS-1 score, CPB time