Prognostic Utility of the Combination of Platelet Count with Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Aged Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Table 2
Angiographic and procedural characteristics in the study population.
Characteristics
Low PLC and low NLR (n = 145)
Either low PLC or low NLR (n = 351)
High PLC and high NLR (n = 141)
Culprit vessel, n (%)
0.102
LAD
130 (89.66)
305 (86.89)
123 (87.23)
LCX
98 (67.59)
225 (64.10)
85 (60.28)
RCA
103 (71.03)
216 (61.54)
92 (65.25)
Number of diseased vessels, n (%)
<0.001
0
1 (0.69)
0 (0.00)
0 (0.00)
1
27 (18.62)
101 (28.77)
43 (30.50)
2
47 (32.41)
105 (29.91)
37 (26.24)
3
70 (48.28)
145 (41.31)
61 (43.26)
Use of thrombus aspiration, n (%)
7 (4.83)
34 (9.69)
27 (19.15)
<0.001
Gp IIbIIIa inhibitor use, n (%)
124 (85.52)
293 (83.48)
112 (79.43)
0.371
Stent use, n (%)
114 (78.62)
264 (75.21)
98 (69.50)
0.197
Preprocedural TIMI grade, n (%)
1.000
0
73 (50.34)
223 (63.53)
98 (69.50)
1
65 (44.83)
116 (33.05)
38 (26.95)
2
6 (4.14)
10 (2.85)
5 (3.55)
3
1 (0.69)
2 (0.57)
0 (0.00)
Postprocedural TIMI grade, n (%)
1.000
0
10 (6.90)
50 (14.25)
12 (8.51)
1
9 (6.21)
18 (5.13)
21 (14.89)
2
5 (3.45)
16 (4.56)
4 (2.84)
3
121 (83.45)
267 (76.07)
104 (73.76)
Gensini score (SD)
98.86 (60.95)
89.62 (46.64)
98.26 (57.20)
0.103
Mean (SD) and n (%) are reported for continuous and categorical variables, respectively. Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; PLC, platelet count; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; COP-NLR, combination of platelet count and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; LAD, left coronary artery; LCX, left circumflex; RCA, right coronary artery; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction.
