Prognostic impact of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in cirrhosis : A propensity score matching analysis with a prespecified cut-point

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: An elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has received attention as a prognostic surrogate across chronic liver diseases. However, an exact threshold has not been fully elucidated.

METHODS: A total number of 589 patients with cirrhosis (LC) were included. The value of NLR was calculated and its optimal cut-off was initially determined by X-tile program. Independent predictors of 90-day mortality were identified with Cox regression model. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to generate survival curves. To reduce influences of selection bias and possible confounders, a 1:2 propensity score matching (PSM) was performed.

RESULTS: The X-tile indicated that the difference in survival was most significant for NLR more than 8.9. Serum NLR > 8.9 was an independent indicator in the entire cohort and PSM subset (HR 4.268, 95% CI 2.211-8.238, P < .001; HR 4.209, 95% CI 1.448-12.238, P = .008 respectively). Subgroup analysis showed that NLR > 8.9 was an independent risk factor of 90-day mortality regardless of age, gender, CTP or MELD score.

CONCLUSIONS: The value of NLR more than 8.9 is a feasible cut-off across clinical settings among applicable population. The adding of NLR to other conventional predictive systems has the potential to provide incremental value without extra economic cost.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 39(2019), 11 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 2153-2163

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Deng, You [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Xiaofei [VerfasserIn]
Ran, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Binxin [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Lijun [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Tianming [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ya [VerfasserIn]
Su, Zhengyan [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Xihui [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Bangmao [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Chao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cirrhosis
Journal Article
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio
Prognosis
Propensity score matching
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
X-tile

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Date Completed 13.10.2020

Date Revised 13.10.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/liv.14211

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300193602