High Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Predicts Cardiovascular Mortality in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Table 2

Characteristics of HD patients with and without plaque.

Items	HD/nonplaque group	HD/plaque group	t/χ^2 value	P value
Age, years			0.773	0.440
Gender, male/female	32/28	30/23	0.082	0.774
Dialysis duration, months	44.5 ± 30.8		0.787	0.432
Smoking, no. (%)	16 (26.7)	14 (26.4)	0.181	0.671
Diabetes, no. (%)	11 (18.3)	10 (18.9)	1.064	0.302
NLR			14.484	0.000
KT/V			0.293	0.770
Hb, g/L			0.840	0.402
Alb, g/L			0.438	0.662
ALT, U/L			0.779	0.437
AST, U/L			0.940	0.348
TG, mmol/L			1.141	0.255
Tch, mmol/L			1.561	0.120
LDL-C, mmol/L			0.466	0.642
hsCRP, mmol/L			11.958	0.000
Cr, mol/L			0.372	0.710
BUN, mmol/L			0.588	0.557
Ca, mmol/L			0.513	0.608
P, mmol/L			1.023	0.307
iPTH, pg/ml			0.590	0.556
RASI, no. (%)	43 (71.7)	42 (79.2)	0.285	0.593
CCB, no. (%)	45 (75.0)	43 (81.1)	0.691	0.406
β-Blocker, no. (%)	17 (28.3)	17 (32.1)	2.325	0.127

Values are means ± SD, unless specified otherwise.
, compared with HD/nonplaque group.
NLR: neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; Hb: hemoglobin; Alb: albumin; ALT: alanine transaminase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; TG: triglyceride; Tch: total cholesterol; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein-cholesterol; hsCRP: high sensitivity C reactive protein; Cr: creatinine; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; Ca: calcium; P: phosphorus; iPTH: intact parathyroid hormone; RASI: renin angiotensin system inhibitor; CCB: calcium channel blocker; β-blocker: β-receptor blocker.