ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2017
The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio on admission is a good predictor for all-cause mortality in hypertensive patients over 80 years of age.
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- Predictive value of NLR for the occurrence and clinical outcomes of hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Biomarkers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and short-term mortality risk in elderly acute medical patients admitted to a University Hospital Emergency Department.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a new predictive model for in-hospital postoperative major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events after general anesthesia in nonagenarians undergoing non-cardiac surgery.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Predictive Value of the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio/Serum Albumin for All-Cause Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Suffering from COPD.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Article
- The Prognostic Role of the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocytes Ratio in the Most Frequent Cardiovascular Diseases: An Update.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Association Between Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio and All-Cause Mortality in Critically Ill Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- The relationship between the pan-immune-inflammation value and long-term prognoses in patients with hypertension: National Health and Nutrition Examination Study, 1999-2018.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Advanced lung cancer inflammation index is associated with long-term cardiovascular death in hypertensive patients: national health and nutrition examination study, 1999-2018.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio: An Emerging Marker of the Relationships between the Immune System and Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and outcomes in patients with new-onset or worsening heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction.ESC heart failure · 2021Article
- Natural killer cells, gamma delta T cells and classical monocytes are associated with systolic blood pressure in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA).BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2021Observational
- The Role of Neutrophils in Hypertension.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Methylation vs. Protein Inflammatory Biomarkers and Their Associations With Cardiovascular Function.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundImmuno-inflammation plays a major role in the process of hypertension. We aimed to evaluate the association between inflammatory markers, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), red cell distribution width (RDW) and all-cause mortality in elderly patients with hypertension.
methodsA total of 341 hypertensive patients over 80 years of age were included to this study. The NLR and RDW were measured on admission and all the selected patients were followed up for up to 90 days. Kaplan-Meier curves were plotted to evaluate the association between the NLR and the all-cause mortality at follow-up. Using Cox regression models, we investigated the prognostic value of NLR and RDW for all-cause mortality.
resultsPatients with higher quartile of NLR linked to high mortality in hypertensive patients at 90 day after admission (16.47%,13.25%,1.14%,1.17% respectively; χ
conclusionThe findings of the present study demonstrate the potential utility of NLR in risk stratification of elderly patients with hypertension to provide information for clinical treatment strategies.
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