Association between Neutrophil-Lymphocyte and Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratios and Coronary Artery Calcification Score among Asymptomatic Patients: Data from a Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of 247 clinically asymptomatic patients according to levels of coronary artery calcification score.

	(, 39.7%)	CAC 1-100 (, 25.9%)	CAC 101-400 (, 15.0%)	(, 19.4%)
Clinical data
Age (years)					≤0.001
Men (%)	55	60	67	66	<0.001
Current or past smoker (%)	20.8	21.5	22.1	23.1	0.06
History of MI (%)	18.1	21.7	22.7	28.9	<0.001
History of hypertension (%)	35.9	37.8	36.9	36.9	0.12
History of T2DM (%)	25.8	27.1	28.2	33.7	0.02
Laboratorial data
TC					<0.007
LDL-C					0.002
HDL-C					0.78
TG					0.13
WBC					0.08
Neutrophil					0.06
Lymphocyte					0.70
Platelet					0.06
NLR					0.001
PLR				430.1 ± 1787.5	0.00006

CAC: coronary artery calcification score; MI: myocardial infarction; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; TC: total cholesterol; LDL-C: LDL cholesterol; HDL-C: HDL cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; WBC: white blood cell; NLR: neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; PLR: platelet-lymphocyte ratio. Age expressed in ; lipids in mg/dL; cell counts in 10³/μL. NS: not significant.