Table 3.

Comparison Between Patients with High and Low NLR

Variable	NLR≥2.54 (n=104)	NLR<2.54 (n=63)	P value
Gender			0.421
Male(%)	77(74%)	43(68%)
Female(%)	27(26%)	20(32%)
Age (years)	58(44, 74)	39(18, 53)	<0.001***
Hypertension	24(23.1%)	4(6.3%)	0.009**
Diabetes mellitus	8(7.7%)	4(6.3%)	0.745
Active smoking	38(36.5%)	11(17.5%)	0.010*
No. (%) of organs involved
None	39(37%)	31(49%)	0.087
One	37(36%)	31(49%)	0.981
Two	21(20%)	1(2%)	0.012*
Three or more	7(7%)	0(0%)	0.017*
Cardiac involvement(%)	97(93%)	7(11%)	0.001**
Skin involvement(%)	60(48%)	5(8%)	0.031*
Pulmonary involvement(%)	19(18%)	8(13%)	0.563
Gastrointestinal involvement(%)	20(19%)	12(13%)	0.772
Cerebral involvement(%)	12(12%)	1(16%)	0.925
White cell count (10^9/L)	13.3(8.1, 19.5)	10.9(7.5, 16.9)	0.985
Absolute eosinophil count (10^9/L)	4.7(1.9, 9.0)	3.5(1.6, 7.9)	0.047*
Eosinophil percentage (%)	36.3(19.5, 57.8)	34.5(19.8, 48.7)	0.041*
Platelet count (10^9/L)	225.0(169.0, 285.5)	248.0(208.0, 298.5)	0.053
PLR	127.6(83.3, 207.4)	109.3(78.8, 161.2)	0.086
SII	570.1(335.7, 983.5)	368.8(239.0, 733.7)	0.111

Notes: Data are presented as number of cases and percentages (%) or median (p25, p75). *P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001.

Abbreviations: NLR, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet/lymphocyte ratio; SII, systemic immune/inflammatory index.