Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio in prediction of incidence of ischemic stroke in elderly persons with chronic kidney disease / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the relationship of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR)with stroke in elderly persons with CDK.Methods Totally 220 subjects with stage 3-5 CKD were followed.Fatal and nonfatal cerebrovascular event (CVE) were recorded during this period.NLR at baseline was determined from complete blood count differential.We investigated if NLR could predict stroke.Resuits Median NLR was 2.13.NLR was equally associated with estimated glomerular flitrationrate (eGFR).Totally 116 strokes occurred during follow-up period.NLR could predict stroke independently.Increased NLR over 2.13 was related to a significantly decreased survival time (log-rank Chi-square =4.963,P =0.026).Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that the risk factor of ischemic stroke in CKD patients was high NLR,hazard ratio (HR) 1.11 [95％ confidence interval (CI) 1.007 to 1.223,P =0.035].Conclusions NLR could independently predict stroke in elderly patients with moderate to severe CKD.