Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts poor prognosis in patients with chronic kidney disease-related pulmonary hypertension: A retrospective study.

ABSTRACT: Inflammation plays a crucial role in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and pulmonary hypertension (PH). Considering that the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has recently emerged as a powerful predictor of adverse outcomes in many chronic diseases, we aimed to investigate the association between NLR and all-cause mortality in patients with CKD-related PH. A total of 176 hospitalized patients with predialysis CKD-related PH were recruited retrospectively from January 2012 to June 2020 by reviewing electronic medical records. The NLR and clinical characteristics of the patients were included in the current analysis. The Kaplan-Meier method and univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed to identify the association between NLR and the incidence of all-cause mortality. Ba

SUBMITTER: Ge H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11537574 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature