Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio as a measure of systemic inflammation in prevalent chronic diseases in Asian population

Table 3 Relative risk ratio of higher neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (compared to NLR 0.17-1.51)

	Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio (Tertiles)*
	1.52-2.56		2.57-22.5
Characteristics	Relative Risk Ratio	p value	Relative Risk Ratio	p value
	(95% CI)		(95% CI)
Age at screening (years)
Age< 40	1	_	1	_
Age 40-49	1.38 (0.87-2.18)	0.2	1.44 (0.91-2.25)	0.12
Age 50-59	1.19 (0.75-1.89)	0.46	0.66 (0.39-1.11)	0.12
Age 60-75	1.17 (0.69-1.99)	0.56	1.09 (0.64-1.56)	0.75
Gender
Female	1	_	1	_
Male	0.78 (0.57-1.04)	0.1	1.02 (0.75-1.38)	0.9
Body mass index (kg/m ² )
Desirable, bmi < 23	1	_	1	_
Overweight, bmi 23-27.5	0.91 (0.65-1.27)	0.56	1.13 (0.80-1.60)	0.47
Obese, bmi > 27.5	0.78 (0.52-1.16)	0.22	1.42 (0.96-2.11)	0.07
Self reported chronic condition
Hypertension
No	1		1
Yes	1.43 (0.93 - 2.20)	0.1	1.69 (1.10 - 2.59)	0.02
Diabetes
No	1		1
Yes	1.38 (0.83-2.29)	0.22	1.72 (1.04-2.85)	0.03
Asthma
No	1		1
Yes	1.53 (0.70-3.34)	0.28	0.89 (0.36-2.21)	0.8
Arthritis
No	1		1
Yes	1.27 (0.73-2.21)	0.4	1.11 (0.62-1.97)	0.73

* Relative risk ratio presented after mutual adjustments of all the covariates presented in the table