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. 2023 May 15;16:2051–2061. doi: 10.2147/JIR.S411086

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Dose-response relationship between NLR, PLR and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with AMI from RCS analysis. (A) Unadjusted dose-response relationship between NLR and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with AMI; (B) Adjusted dose-response relationship between NLR and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with AMI; (C) Unadjusted dose-response relationship between PLR and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with AMI; (D) Adjusted dose-response relationship between PLR and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with AMI. Adjusted factors include: sex, BMI, diabetes, type of AMI, heart failure, eGFR, CTNI, CK-MB, Aspirin use and Statins use.

Abbreviations: NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; AMI acute myocardial infarction. RCS, restricted cubic splines; BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; CTNI, cardiac troponin I; CK-MB creatine kinase-MB.