ArticleIndian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India2022
Role of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
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- Combined red blood cell distribution width and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and risk of composite cardiovascular events in patients with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- A crosstalk between the immune system and obstructive sleep apnea.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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- Usefulness of Blood Biomarkers in Screening Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Could Albumin Indices and Uric Acid-to-HDL Ratio Be New OSAS Severity Indices?Advances in respiratory medicine · 2025Article
- Association Between the Nutritional Inflammatory Index and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk: Insights from the NHANES 2015-2020 and Mendelian Randomization Analyses.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of Early Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Decrease After Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Glycaemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025Article
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Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been linked to and is associated with increased cardiovascular and cerebrovascular morbidity. Ongoing inflammatory responses play an important role in this association. Systemic inflammation is important in pathophysiology of OSA and its comorbidity. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in OSA patients and comparing with other well-known inflammatory marker, C-reactive protein (CRP) along with thyroid-stimulating hormone(TSH) and body-mass index(BMI). We conducted a retrospective analysis of 162 patients with OSA and divided them into 2 categories based on apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) (< 30 and > = 30), and recorded their leukocyte profiles, sex, age and body mass index. 80 matched healthy controls were taken. Patients were excluded if they had underlying cancer, chronic inflammatory disease, any systemic infection, uncontrolled hypertension and diabetes mellitus, a known acute coronary syndrome, valvular heart disease, renal or hepatic dysfunction. We found that N/L Ratio in severe OSA patients was significantly higher compared with mild and moderate OSA patients and healthy controls (
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