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

Table 3

Correlation coefficients for NLR and other variables in HD patients.

Variables	R	P value
Age	0.005	0.931
Gender	0.008	0.899
Smoking	0.006	0.919
Diabetes	0.042	0.489
Dialysis durations	0.055	0.369
LDL-C	0.002	0.978
hsCRP	0.552	0.000
LVMI	0.566	0.000
PP	0.579	0.000
IMT	0.578	0.000
Plaque	0.776	0.000
cfPWV	0.935	0.000

LDL-C: low density lipoprotein-cholesterol; hsCRP: high sensitivity C reactive protein; LVMI: left ventricular mass index; PP: pulse pressure; IMT: intima-media thickness; cfPWV: carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity.