Neutrophil-lymphocyte and platelet-lymphocyte ratios in rheumatoid arthritis patients: Relation to disease activity
- Mervat Ismail Abd-Elazeem
- Rabab Afify Mohamed
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Aim of the work: To assess the neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet–lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and compare between active cases and those in remission. Patients and methods: The study included 50 RA patients and 20 matched control. Patients were enrolled into 2 equally divided groups; group A (active) with a disease activity score (DAS-28) ≥2.6 and group B (remission) <2.6. Laboratory investigations included the calculation of the NLR and PLR for all subjects. Results: The mean age of patients was 40.7 ± 10.1 years and the mean of disease duration was 5.9 ± 3.4 years. The DAS-28 was 3.9 ± 0.9 in active patients and 2.1 ± 0.3 in those in remission (p = .001). NLR was 2.8 ± 2.1 in the patients and 2...
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