Research Article

Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio: Novel Markers for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Patients with Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Table 2

The demographic and clinical characteristics of the study populations (patients and controls).

VariablesPatients group
( )
Control group
( )
P value

Age (yr)48.19 ± 15.2248.22 ± 11.600.976
Sex (n)
 Male 1712880.215
 Female177249
BMI (kg/m2)23.47 ± 3.0923.33 ± 4.450.804
Hb (103/u)14.50 ± 5.6914.04 ± 1.450.074
WBC (103/u)8.42 ± 2.935.84 ± 1.47<0.001
Neutrophil (103/u)7.15 ± 9.073.06 ± 1.25<0.001
Lymphocyte (103/u)2.27 ± 3.311.77 ± 0.530.005
Monocyte (103/u)0.49 ± 0.760.31 ± 0.11<0.001
NLR4.48 ± 3.921.83 ± 0.87<0.001
Platelet (103/u)252.40 ± 60.07238.64 ± 49.98<0.001
PLR169.25 ± 102.88146.75 ± 55.14<0.001
Glucose (mg/dL)111.71 ± 36.7597.73 ± 19.81<0.001
BUN (mg/dL)14.55 ± 4.5014.71 ± 5.300.647
Cr (mg/dL)1.11 ± 5.480.82 ± 0.230.229
AST (U/L)20.45 ± 13.3721.77 ± 7.680.062
ALT (U/L)22.10 ± 17.4122.26 ± 14.830.888

The data are given as the means ± standard deviation or numbers and percentages; value was accepted as significant level and the significant differences between the groups were shown in bold.