Clinical utility of blood neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in Japanese COPD patients

Clinical utility of blood neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in Japanese COPD patients

Abstract Background Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a biomarker of inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. But, a meaningful threshold and the longitudinal changes are unknown. We aimed to investigate the association between NLR and the clinical characteristics...

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Main Authors: Kaori Sakurai, Shotaro Chubachi, Hidehiro Irie, Akihiro Tsutsumi, Naofumi Kameyama, Takashi Kamatani, Hidefumi Koh, Takeshi Terashima, Hidetoshi Nakamura, Koichiro Asano, Tomoko Betsuyaku
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
COPD
NLR
Acute exacerbation
Comorbidity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0639-z

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