Evaluating the baseline hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet (HALP) score in the United States adult population and comorbidities: an analysis of the NHANES.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As a composite immunonutritional biomarker, the Hemoglobin, Albumin, Lymphocyte, Platelet (HALP) score has shown promise in assessing a patient's overall health status by integrating several routinely collected laboratory indicators. This biomarker has been examined in many different populations of patients and disease states (i.e., cancer), but an integrated, universal rubric using standardized thresholds has not thus far been developed. Pre-existing large population-based databases represent an ideal source to examine the distribution of HALP and the influence of diverse health statuses on this score.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 2017-2020, evaluating 8,245 pa

SUBMITTER: Antar R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10240525 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature