Average values and racial differences of neutrophil lymphocyte ratio among a nationally representative sample of United States subjects.

Several studies reported the negative impact of elevated neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) on outcomes in many surgical and medical conditions. Previous studies used arbitrary NLR cut-off points according to the average of the populations under study. There is no data on the average NLR in the gener...

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Main Authors: Basem Azab, Marlene Camacho-Rivera, Emanuela Taioli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4223021?pdf=render