Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and incident end-stage renal disease in Chinese patients with chronic kidney disease: results from the Chinese Cohort Study of Chronic Kidney Disease (C-STRIDE)

Abstract Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) leads to end-stage renal failure and cardiovascular events. An attribute to these progressions is abnormalities in inflammation, which can be evaluated using the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR). We aimed to investigate the association of NLR with...

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Main Authors: Qiongjing Yuan, Jinwei Wang, Zhangzhe Peng, Qiaoling Zhou, Xiangcheng Xiao, Yanyun Xie, Wei Wang, Ling Huang, Wenbin Tang, Danni Sun, Luxia Zhang, Fang Wang, Ming-Hui Zhao, Lijian Tao, Kevin He, Hui Xu, C-STRIDE study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12967-019-1808-4