The Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio Is Associated with Coronary Artery Calcification in Asymptomatic Korean Males: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of study populations.

	CACS = 0	CACS > 0	value
Age (year)			<0.001
Sex			<0.001
Male	295 (74.3%)	102 (25.8%)
Female	178 (88.1%)	24 (11.9%)
Smoking			0.912
Nonsmoker	337 (78.7%)	91 (21.3%)
Smoker	136 (79.5%)	35 (20.5%)
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.011
WC (cm)			0.003
SBP (mmHg)			0.007
DBP (mmHg)			0.761
WBC (10^3/μL)			0.086
Neutrophils (10^3/μL)			0.315
Lymphocytes (10^3/μL)			0.435
Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio			0.416
Hb			0.059
Albumin			0.084
FBS (mg/dL)			<0.001
TG (mg/dL)			0.020
TC (mg/dL)			0.008
HDL-C (mg/dL)			0.090
AST (IU/L)			0.068
ALT (IU/L)			0.032
rGTP (IU/L)			0.015
Cr (mg/dL)			0.061
UA (mg/dL)			0.182
Ca			0.317
P			0.735
Ca/P Ratio			0.360
hsCRP (mg/dL)			0.195