The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio is not enough to describe inflammatory condition.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Red cell distribution width is associated with hearing impairment in chronic kidney disease population: a retrospective cross-sectional study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2020
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2. Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in allergic rhinitis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2016
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3. Commentary to: 'Is neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio associated with the severity of allergic rhinitis in children?' Doi: 10.1007/s00405-015-3819-y.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2016
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4. Assessment of the relationship between neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and hearing loss of diabetics.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2015
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Corrections and comments

• Commented on by
  Response to "Letter to the editor" by Balta et al. entitled "The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio is not enough to describe inflammatory condition".2014
• Comment on
  Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a new predictive and prognostic factor at the hearing loss of diabetic patients.2014

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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