1. Investigating Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte and C-Reactive Protein-to-Albumin Ratios in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Dry Eye Disease.
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Alhalwani AY, Baqar R, Algadaani R, Bamallem H, Alamoudi R, Jambi S, Abd El Razek Mady W, Sannan NS, and Anwar Khan M
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- Humans, Male, Female, Retrospective Studies, Middle Aged, Aged, Glycated Hemoglobin metabolism, Serum Albumin metabolism, Adult, Dry Eye Syndromes blood, Dry Eye Syndromes diagnosis, Dry Eye Syndromes metabolism, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 blood, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 complications, Neutrophils, C-Reactive Protein metabolism, Lymphocytes, Biomarkers blood
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Background: Patients with Diabetes mellitus (DM) are at risk of developing dry eye disease (DED). We investigated routine laboratory parameters in patients with type 2 DM (T2D) and T2D-DED to identify potential inflammatory markers., Methods: A retrospective study of 241 randomly selected patients (30 DED non-diabetic, 120 T2D, and 91 with T2D-DED). The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratios (NLR), CRP-to-albumin ratios (CAR), and the glycosylated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) results were correlated between groups., Results: The NLR and HbA1c were significantly higher in the T2D-DED group (p≤0.001 and 0.0001, respectively) when compared with T2D and DED non-diabetic groups. CAR was insignificantly high in the three groups (p=0.192). A positive correlation was identified between CAR and NLR in T2D-DED patients (p= 0.008)., Conclusion: In T2D-DED patients, NLR was significantly high and positively correlate with CAR. These results predicate diabetes with dry eye complications, and biomarker-mediated inflammation may have important roles in DED pathogenesis.
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- 2024
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