Correlations of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte, lymphocyte-to-monocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios with biomarkers of atherosclerosis risk and inflammatory response in patients with a history of breast cancer

Autor: Študentová Hana, Vitásková Denisa, Šrámek Vlastislav, Indráková Jarmila, Adam Tomáš, Juráňová Jarmila, Petrová Pavla, Krčmová Lenka Kujovská, Pešková Eliška, Solichová Dagmar, Kalábová Hana, Melichar Bohuslav
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Pteridines, Vol 26, Iss 4, Pp 161-172 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0933-4807
2195-4720
DOI: 10.1515/pterid-2015-0009
Popis: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the correlations of peripheral blood cell count (PBC)-derived ratios with neopterin concentration and biomarkers of atherosclerosis risk in patients with history of breast cancer. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were calculated in three cohorts of patients with a history of breast cancer and in controls. Significant differences were observed between PBC-derived ratios obtained from automated and manual counts. NLR and PLR were significantly higher and LMR was significantly lower in patients. NLR and PLR correlated positively with each other and negatively with LMR. NLR exhibited a significant correlation with age, glucose and C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations, whereas LMR correlated negatively with CRP. With the exception of a correlation between LMR and urinary or serum neopterin concentrations in controls, no other correlation between neopterin concentrations and PBC-derived ratios was observed. NLR ≥3 was a significant predictor of poor survival, but neither urinary neopterin ≥205 μmol/mol creatinine, NLR ≥150 nor LMR ≥4.25 was significantly associated with survival. In conclusion, no consistent correlation was observed between urinary and serum neopterin concentrations and any of the PBC-derived ratios. In a cohort of breast cancer patients, a higher NLR predicted poor survival.
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