Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the clinical value of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio(NLR) and lymphocyte to monocyte ratio(LMR) in the prognosis of elderly patients with acute cerebral infarction(ACI).
Methods: A total of 968 elderly patients with ACI were divided into the good prognosis group(741 cases)and poor prognosis group(227 cases) according to the modified Rankin scale(mRS) scoring standard after 3 months of discharge.The clinical data,laboratory examinations and ACI etiological classification between two groups were compared.The binary logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of poor prognosis in elderly patients with ACI.The receiver operating characteristic(ROC) curve was used to evaluate the prognostic value of NLR,LMR and NLR combined with LMR in elderly patients with ACI.
Results: The age,neutrophil count and NLR levels in the poor prognosis group were significantly higher than those in good prognosis group(
P<0.01),and the LMR and lymphocyte count levels in the poor prognosis group were significantly lower than those in good prognosis group(
P<0.01).The large atherosclerotic type and cardiac embolism type in the poor prognosis group was more common(
P<0.01).The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that compared with cardiac embolism type,large atherosclerosis type was the protective factor(
OR=0.436,
P<0.01),and small artery occlusion type was the risk factor(
OR=1.697,
P<0.05).The high level NLR and LMR,old age and neutrophil count increasing were the independent risk factors of prognosis in elderly patients with ACI(
OR=1.197,1.174,1.043,1.216,
P<0.05 to
P<0.01).The results of ROC curve analysis showed that the areas under the NLR,LMR and NLR combined with LMR prediction curves were 0.685,0.603 and 0.693,respectively,and the sensitivities were 0.493,0.379 and 0.678,respectively,and the specificities were 0.818,0.826,and 0.617,respectively.
Conclusions: The high NLR,high LMR,old age and neutrophil count increasing are the independent risk factors of poor prognosis in elderly patients with ACI,and the NLR combined with LMR is more sensitive than single index in predicting elderly patients with ACI.