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. 2023 Jun 21;38(9):957–971. doi: 10.1007/s10654-023-01023-2

Table 3.

Associations of dichotomized biomarkers of systemic inflammatory response with all-cause and cause-specific mortality

Mortality Biomarkers of systemic inflammatory response, HR (95% CI), N = 397,737
CRP > 2.75 mg/L mGPS ≥ 1 HS_mGPS ≥ 1 NLR > 2.78 PLR > 237 LMR < 2.56 SII > 717 PNI < 50 NPS ≥ 1
All-cause mortality (Ndeaths = 29,548)
 Adjusted for age and sex 1.76 (1.72, 1.80) 2.18 (2.10, 2.27) 1.77 (1.73, 1.82) 1.48 (1.45, 1.52) 1.54 (1.48, 1.61) 1.54 (1.49, 1.58) 1.48 (1.45, 1.52) 1.52 (1.47, 1.56) 2.24 (2.14, 2.34)
 Plus BMI and waist circumference 1.57 (1.54, 1.61) 1.91 (1.83, 1.99) 1.59 (1.55, 1.64) 1.47 (1.43, 1.51) 1.62 (1.55, 1.69) 1.52 (1.48, 1.57) 1.47 (1.43, 1.50) 1.51 (1.46, 1.55) 2.10 (2.01, 2.19)
 Plus vitamin D status 1.56 (1.52, 1.60) 1.89 (1.81, 1.97) 1.58 (1.54, 1.62) 1.46 (1.42, 1.49) 1.61 (1.54, 1.68) 1.53 (1.48, 1.57) 1.45 (1.41, 1.48) 1.50 (1.46, 1.55) 2.04 (1.95, 2.13)
CVD mortality (Ndeaths = 6,091)
 Adjusted for age and sex 2.00 (1.90, 2.11) 2.28 (2.09, 2.5) 2.04 (1.93, 2.15) 1.68 (1.60, 1.77) 1.37 (1.24, 1.52) 1.68 (1.58, 1.78) 1.64 (1.55, 1.72) 1.51 (1.41, 1.62) 2.56 (2.34, 2.80)
 Plus BMI and waist circumference 1.61 (1.53, 1.70) 1.79 (1.64, 1.96) 1.64 (1.55, 1.73) 1.67 (1.58, 1.75) 1.51 (1.36, 1.67) 1.66 (1.56, 1.77) 1.61 (1.53, 1.70) 1.50 (1.40, 1.60) 2.32 (2.12, 2.54)
 Plus vitamin D status 1.60 (1.51, 1.69) 1.77 (1.62, 1.94) 1.62 (1.54, 1.71) 1.65 (1.57, 1.74) 1.50 (1.35, 1.66) 1.66 (1.56, 1.77) 1.59 (1.51, 1.68) 1.50 (1.40, 1.60) 2.24 (2.05, 2.46)
Cancer mortality (Ndeaths = 14,895)
 Adjusted for age and sex 1.62 (1.57, 1.67) 1.89 (1.78, 2.01) 1.62 (1.57, 1.68) 1.30 (1.26, 1.35) 1.51 (1.42, 1.61) 1.38 (1.32, 1.45) 1.34 (1.29, 1.39) 1.38 (1.32, 1.45) 1.77 (1.66, 1.9)
 Plus BMI and waist circumference 1.52 (1.47, 1.58) 1.75 (1.65, 1.86) 1.53 (1.47, 1.58) 1.30 (1.26, 1.35) 1.56 (1.47, 1.66) 1.38 (1.32, 1.44) 1.33 (1.29, 1.38) 1.39 (1.32, 1.45) 1.70 (1.59, 1.82)
 Plus vitamin D status 1.52 (1.46, 1.57) 1.74 (1.64, 1.85) 1.52 (1.46, 1.57) 1.29 (1.25, 1.34) 1.56 (1.46, 1.66) 1.38 (1.32, 1.44) 1.32 (1.28, 1.37) 1.38 (1.32, 1.45) 1.67 (1.57, 1.79)
Respiratory mortality (Ndeaths = 2,086)
 Adjusted for age and sex 2.73 (2.51, 2.98) 3.73 (3.30, 4.22) 2.75 (2.52, 2.99) 2.02 (1.85, 2.20) 2.15 (1.87, 2.48) 2.03 (1.83, 2.25) 2.25 (2.06, 2.45) 1.82 (1.63, 2.03) 4.75 (4.21, 5.37)
 Plus BMI and waist circumference 2.63 (2.40, 2.88) 3.25 (2.87, 3.67) 2.61 (2.39, 2.86) 1.96 (1.79, 2.14) 2.16 (1.87, 2.49) 1.97 (1.78, 2.19) 2.19 (2.01, 2.39) 1.76 (1.57, 1.96) 4.35 (3.85, 4.92)
 Plus vitamin D status 2.59 (2.37, 2.84) 3.19 (2.82, 3.62) 2.56 (2.34, 2.80) 1.93 (1.77, 2.10) 2.13 (1.85, 2.46) 1.98 (1.78, 2.19) 2.14 (1.96, 2.33) 1.76 (1.58, 1.96) 4.13 (3.65, 4.67)

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; CRP, C-reactive protein; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HR, hazard ratio; HS_mGPS, High-sensitive mGPS; LMR, lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio; mGPS, modified Glasgow prognostic score; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; NPS, neutrophil-platelet score; PLR, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; PNI, prognostic nutritional index; SII, systemic immune-inflammation index