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. 2012 Jan 26;5:2. doi: 10.1186/1755-7682-5-2

Table 2.

Relative risk ratio of higher neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (compared to NLR 0.17-1.51)

Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio (Tertiles)

1.52-2.56 2.57-22.5


Characteristics Relative Risk Ratio* p value Relative Risk Ratio* p value

(95% CI) (95% CI)
Self reported chronic condition
 Hypertension
  No 1 1
  Yes 1.43 (0.94-2.20) 0.09 1.66 (1.09-2.54) 0.01
 Diabetes
  No 1 1
  Yes 1.53 (0.93-2.51) 0.09 1.65 (1.01-2.71) 0.04
 Asthma
  No 1 1
  Yes 1.84 (0.87-3.90) 0.11 0.92 (0.39-2.19) 0.85
 Arthritis
  No 1 1
  Yes 1.29 (0.70-2.22) 0.36 1.06 (0.60-1.87) 0.84

* Relative risk ratio presented after mutual adjustments of all the covariates presented in the table