ArticleCardiovascular journal of Africa
Value of peripheral blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for clinical diagnosis and prognosis of elderly patients with chronic heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
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- The association between blood count based inflammatory markers and the risk of atrial fibrillation heart failure and cardiovascular mortality.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Predictive value of NLR, PLR and MPVLR for recent major cardiovascular adverse events in elderly patients with heart failure.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- The neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio is associated with all-cause mortality in patients with chronic heart failure.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2023Article
- Efficacy of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio for Cancer-Specific Survival in Elderly Patients with Localized Colon Cancer: A Single Center Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.Clinical and experimental gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Application Value of NT-proBNP Combined with NLR in Evaluation of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Elderly Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.Emergency medicine international · 2022Article
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aimWe aimed to explore the value of peripheral blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) for the clinical diagnosis and prognosis of elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and atrial fibrillation (AF).
methodsA total of 248 eligible patients were followed up for five years, and divided into major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) and non-MACE groups. The independent predictive factors for MACE were explored by multivariate logistic regression analysis. Based on quartile of NLR, they were divided into groups A to D. The duration of MACE was analysed using Kaplan-Meier survival curves. The diagnostic value of NLR for MACE was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic curves.
resultsHigher age, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and NLR, lower left ventricular ejection fraction, diabetes and NYHA heart function class III and IV were independent predictive factors for MACE. The incidence of MACE rose with increasing NLR. Groups A to D had significantly different rates of acute myocardial infarction, severe arrhythmia and cardiac death (
conclusionsThe sensitivity and specificity of NLR for diagnosis of MACE were 72.39 and 86.18%, respectively. NLR was an independent predictive factor for MACE in these elderly patients with CHF and AF.
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