Is there a link between neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and microvascular complications in geriatric diabetic patients?
Is there a link between neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and microvascular complications in geriatric diabetic patients?
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DOI:
10.3275/8894
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发表时间:
2013-09-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Ariogul, S.
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Ozturk, Z. A.;Kuyumcu, M. E.;Ariogul, S.
Background: Chronic inflammation plays an important role on development and progression of Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) through immunologic inflammatory mechanisms. Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a new, simple and cheap marker of subclinical inflammation. NLR has recently been used as a systemic inflammation marker in chronic diseases as well as a predictor of prognosis in cardiovascular diseases and malignancies. Aim: The objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between NLR and microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) in elderly population. Subjects and methods: Two hundred and forty-two patients with DM (145 diabetic patients with complications, 97 diabetic patients without complications) and 218 control subjects were enrolled in this study. NLR and microvascular complications because of DM were evaluated and compared with other inflammatory markers. Results: NLR was higher in the diabetic group (2.21+/-1.14) than in the controls (2.18+/-0.76). Furthermore, there was a statistically significant difference between NLR levels in diabetic patients with and without complications (2.46+/-1.26 vs 2.04+/-0.51, respectively; p