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RECLASSIFICATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY (NHANES)-III COHORT USING NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO

Authors :
Apurva Badheka
Valay Parikh
James Lafferty
Neeraj Shah
Abhishek Deshmukh
Nileshkumar J. Patel
Ankit Rathod
Deepak Asti
Source :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 61:E1148
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2013.

Abstract

Role of neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in predicting cardiovascular events has not been studied in general population. To see if NLR adds to Framingham risk score (FRS) for prediction of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in a nationally representative cohort. We included 6,413 subjects of

Details

ISSN :
07351097
Volume :
61
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....405f0269df21f2c7d080b5a66644240f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(13)61148-1