4 Reasons to Know the NLR
🩸 An elevated level is also associated with worse outcomes for several cancers including breast, ovarian, gastroesophageal, pancreas, colon, colorectal, hepatocellular, biliary tract, kidney, and urothelium.
🩸 LabSmarts automatically calculates NLR and plots that value on a color-coded reference range bar graph with an optimal range between 1.5 to 2, supported by the studies found below and in the NLR section of our bibliography.
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References
(1) Lee JS, Kim NY, Na SH, Youn YH, Shin CS. Reference values of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, lymphocyte-monocyte ratio, platelet-lymphocyte ratio, and mean platelet volume in healthy adults in South Korea. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018;97(26).
(2) Ayhan MG, Cicek IE, Inanli I, Caliskan AM, Kirci Ercan S, Eren I. Neutrophil/lymphocyte and platelet/lymphocyte ratios in all mood states of bipolar disorder. Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2017;27(3):278-282.
(3) Halazun HJ, Mergeche JL, Mallon KA, Connolly ES, Heyer EJ. Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of cognitive dysfunction in carotid endarterectomy patients. J Vasc Surg. 2014;59(3):768-773.
(4) Lee SF, Luque-Fernandez MA. Prognostic value of lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in follicular lymphoma: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2017;7(11):e017904.