Research Article

Prognostic Significance of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients with Sepsis: A Prospective Observational Study

Table 5

Correlations of indicators with disease severity.

VariablesSepsisSevere sepsisSeptic shock value

APACHE II score8.00 (5.00–11.50)13.00 (9.00–19.00)21.50 (14.75–30.25)0.000
Neutrophil 11.75 (9.52–16.65)13.35 (10.44–18.22)15.98 (10.14–21.29)0.016
Lymphocyte 1.12 (0.71–1.70)0.67 (0.45–0.95)0.51 (0.26–0.78)0.000
NLR11.11 (6.98–18.24)22.67 (12.35–31.89)31.50 (22.56–46.94)0.000

APACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.
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