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. 2023 Feb 28;14(2):869–878. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13199

Table 1.

Sixteen systemic inflammation biomarkers evaluated in this study

Biomarkers Biomarker formulas
C‐reactive protein‐to‐albumin ratio (CAR) C‐reactive protein (mg/dL)/albumin (g/dL)
C‐reactive protein‐albumin‐lymphocyte index (CALLY) Albumin = (g/dL) × Lymphocyte(/uL) /CRP (mg/dL)
Platelet‐to‐albumin ratio (PAR) Platelet (/uL)/albumin (g/dL)
Neutrophil‐to‐albumin ratio (NAR) Neutrophil (/uL)/albumin (g/dL)
Lymphocyte‐to‐C‐reactive protein ratio (LCR) Lymphocyte (/uL)/C‐reactive protein (mg/L)
Platelet‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (PLR) Platelet (/uL)/lymphocyte (/uL)
Neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (NLR) Neutrophil (/uL)/lymphocyte (/uL)
Systemic‐immune‐inflammation index (SII) Platelet (/uL) × neutrophil (/uL)/lymphocyte (/uL)
C‐reactive protein–neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (inflammatory burden index, IBI) C‐reactive protein (mg/L) × neutrophil (/uL)/lymphocyte (/uL)
Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS)

C‐reactive protein ≤ 10 mg/L and albumin ≥35 g/L: 0 score

C‐reactive protein ≤ 10 mg/L or albumin < 35 g/L: 1 score

C‐reactive protein > 10 mg/L and albumin < 35 g/L: 2 score

Modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS)

C‐reactive protein ≤ 10 mg/L and albumin ≥ 35 g/L: 0 score

C‐reactive protein ≤ 10 mg/L and albumin < 35 g/L: 0 score

C‐reactive protein > 10 mg/L: 1 score

C‐reactive protein > 10 mg/L and albumin < 35 g/L: 2 score

Lymphocyte C‐reactive protein score (LCS)

Lymphocyte ≥ 1 × 10^9/L and C‐reactive protein ≤ 3 mg/L: 0 score;

Lymphocyte ≤ 1 × 10^9/L or C‐reactive protein ≥ 3 mg/L: 1 score;

Lymphocyte < 1 × 10^9/L and C‐reactive protein > 3 mg/L: 2 score

Neutrophil‐C‐reactive protein score (NC) Neutrophil (/uL) × C‐reactive protein score (mg/L)
Platelet‐C‐reactive protein score (PC) Platelet (/uL) × C‐reactive protein score (mg/L)
Neutrophil–platelet score (NP) Neutrophil (/uL) × platelet score (/uL)
Lymphocyte–albumin score (LA) Lymphocyte (/uL) × albumin (g/dL) score