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SUBMITTER: Sakurai K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5932787 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC pulmonary medicine 20180502 1
<h4>Background</h4>Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a biomarker of inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. But, a meaningful threshold and the longitudinal changes are unknown. We aimed to investigate the association between NLR and the clinical characteristics of COPD patients and to determine a meaningful threshold and the longitudinal changes for NLR.<h4>Methods</h4>Keio University and its affiliate hospitals conducted an observational COPD cohort study o ...[more]