Table 4.

The influence of demographic factors on the level of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio

Characteristic	Neutrophil/lymphocyte	p
Age		0.58
up to 70 years (inclusive) (n = 31)	4.80 (3.50, 6.60)
over 70 years (n = 18)	6.65 (3.00, 11.80)
Gender		0.46
female (n = 24)	4.70 (2.90, 11.15)
male (n = 25)	6.10 (3.80, 9.80)
Smoking		0.39
smokers (n = 32)	5.00 (2.95, 8.20)
non-smokers (n = 17)	5.00 (4.00, 11.80)
Diagnosis		0.59
bronchial asthma (n = 10)	4.75 (3.00, 6.40)
bronchial asthma-COPD + COPD (n = 39)	5.40 (3.10, 11.70)
GOLD		0.28
D (n = 16)	4.75 (3.05, 6.50)
B (n = 23)	5.40 (3.10, 11.80)

COPD – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, GOLD – Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease