scholarly journals Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and C-reactive protein as markers for colorectal polyp histological type

BMC Cancer ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Chen ◽  
Liguang Wang ◽  
Qi Zhao ◽  
Zhen Li ◽  
Man Chen ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) level are markers that have been reported to predict the histological type of various tumors, and here, we evaluated their utility in predicting colorectal polyp histological types. Methods We retrospectively reviewed 172 patients with colorectal polyps who underwent endoscopic polypectomy. The associations between histological type and clinicopathologic parameters were assessed by multivariate analysis. Results The optimal PLR and CRP cut-off values were 113.32 and 0.39, respectively. The PLR (P = 0.002) and CRP (P = 0.009) values were associated with the histological type according to the univariate analysis, whereas low PLR (P ≤ 0.001) and CRP (P = 0.017) values were independent risk factors in the multivariate analysis together with maximum tumor diameter (P ≤ 0.001) and tumor number (P = 0.0014). Conclusions Preoperative PLR and CRP are correlated with the colorectal polyp histological type.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Chen ◽  
Liguang Wang ◽  
Qi Zhao ◽  
Zhen Li ◽  
Man Chen ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: The PLR and CRP level are markers that have been reported to predict the histological type of various tumors, and here, we evaluated their utility in predicting colorectal polyp histological types.Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 172 patients with colorectal polyps who underwent endoscopic polypectomy. The associations between histological type and clinicopathologic parameters were assessed by multivariate analysis. Results: The optimal PLR and CRP cut-off values were 113.32 and 0.39, respectively. The PLR (P=0.002) and CRP (P= 0.009) values were associated with the histological type according to the univariate analysis, whereas low PLR (P ≤0.001) and CRP (P =0.017) values were independent risk factors in the multivariate analysis together with maximum tumor diameter (P ≤0.001) and tumor number (P =0.0014).Conclusions: Preoperative PLR and CRP are correlated with the colorectal polyp histological type.


Author(s):  
Hasan Hüseyin Özdemir ◽  
Ahmet Dönder

Abstract Objectives A tension headache is the most common type of headache, and its causes are multifactorial. A relationship has been shown between migraine headaches and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and C-reactive protein (CRP). In this study, we investigated the NLR, PLR, and serum CRP levels in frequent episodic tension-type headache (FETTH) and chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) patients. Materials and Methods This retrospective study included 64 patients with FETTH, 80 patients with CTTH, and 60 healthy controls who were followed up in the neurology clinic. Hematological parameters were compared between the patient and control groups. Results In CTTH patients, platelets, NLR, PLR, and CRP values were statistically higher than in FETTH patients and patients in the control group. In FETTH patients, the PLR value was higher than in patients in the control group, but there was no statistically significant difference in NLR and CRP values between FETTH patients and patients in the control group. Also, there was no correlation between these values and age and gender. Conclusion Increase platelet count might have an effect on tension-type headache pathophysiology. Systemic inflammation parameters were shown to be significantly higher in CTTH patients. More comprehensive studies are needed to evaluate the effect of systemic inflammation on the chronicity of tension headaches.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-Yu Ji ◽  
Hai-Jun Tang ◽  
Xiao-Ting Luo ◽  
Wei-Feng Liang ◽  
Xian-Ying Huang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Systemic inflammatory response and nutritional status are closely related to tumor development, and both have been recognized as predictors of tumors. Our study investigated the effect on the prognosis of osteosarcoma by analyzing the ratio of lymphocytes to C-reactive protein (LCR) before surgery.Methods: Patients who were diagnosed with osteosarcoma and underwent surgery in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University from 2012 to 2019 were included in this retrospective study. The albumin (g/L) +5 × total lymphocyte count (PNI), neutrophil/lymphocyte count (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte count (PLR) and platelet × neutrophil/lymphocyte count (SII) were calculated from preoperative peripheral white blood cells, C-reactive protein and serum albumin. The optimal cutoff values of LCR, PNI, NLR, PLR and SII were determined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. According to the Optimal cutoff values, LCR, PNI, NLR, PLR and SII were divided into high and low groups. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to compare the overall survival (OS) between the high and low LCR groups. Univariate analysis was used to determine the influence of age, gender, tumor size, Enneking stage and neoadjuvant chemotherapy on the prognosis of osteosarcoma.The independent predictors of OS were determined by Cox multivariate analysis.Results: The optimal cutoff values for LCR, PNI, NLR, PLR and SII were 0.093, 48.4, 1.23, 157.03 and 314.27, respectively. A low preoperative LCR was significantly correlated with tumor metastasis, stage, NLR, PLR and SII. However, a low preoperative PNI was significantly associated with tumor metastasis, stage, and PLR.Kaplan-Meier survival analysis indicated that the postoperative OS was significantly correlated with preoperative LCR and PNI (P < 0.05). Univariate analysis showed that Enneking stage, metastasis and preoperative LCR, PNI, NLR, PLR and SII were important factors affecting OS (P < 0.05). For multivariate analysis, the results revealed that the preoperative LCR (HR, 0.401; 95% CI, 0.199-0.807; P = 0.01) and Enneking stage (HR, 2.717; 95%CI, 1.067-6.919; P = 0.036) is an independent prognostic factor affecting the postoperative OS of osteosarcoma.Conclusions: The high preoperative LCR is strongly associated with longer survival time in patients with osteosarcoma. Enneking stage and preoperative LCR may be important parameters for the prognosis of osteosarcoma.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e15505-e15505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgy M. Manikhas ◽  
Natalia P. Beliak ◽  
Svetlana I. Kutukova ◽  
Natalia V. Zhukova ◽  
Natalia V. Popova ◽  
...  

e15505 Background: Inflammation seems to be significant factor in carcinogenesis and tumor progression of numerous cancers. Blood calculated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), C-reactive protein (CRP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), international normalized ratio (INR) can be evaluated as systemic inflammation markers and prognostic biomarker for many aims: survival outcomes, lymph node metastasis and recurrence, treatment responses in a variety of cancers. The purpose of this study was to investigate baseline associations between blood test parameters (NLR, PLR, LDH, CRP, INR) and their prognostic biomarker role for patient with metastatic gastric cancer, undergoing first-line chemotherapy Methods: Potential baseline inflammatory markers (platelets, neutrophils, lymphocytes, the platelet-lymphocyte ratio, the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, the serum C-reactive protein [CRP], the serum LDH, INR) were retrospectively analyzed in 32 patients with metastatic gastric cancer, IV stage (median of age – 60,50). Multivariate analyses were used to identify prognostic factors for overall survival (OS). Baseline values were compared with tumor characteristic and median survival times (MSTs). Results: Multivariate analysis identified due to Cox proportional-hazards regression showed significant longest OS in patients with: localization of primary tumor in antral part of gastric (HR 0,45, 95% CI 0,25-0,80, p = 0,0065); low baseline’s level of WBC (HR 1,17, 95% CI 1.02 - 1,35, p = 0,0219); low baseline’s level of neutrophil (HR 1,18, 95% CI 1.02 - 1,34, p = 0,0251). Level of LDH, CRP, INR didn’t show significant ratio for this cohort of patient. Peritoneum metastatic also didn’t significant affect on OS in patient with metastatic gastric cancer. Patients with low baseline’s platelet to lymphocyte ratio (HR 1,004, 95% CI 1,0009-1,0072, p = 0,0125) and low (from 0 to 3,0) neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (HR 1,81, 95% CI 1,09-2,99, p = 0,0212) had a significantly longest OS time. Conclusions: Inflammatory markers can predict overall survival in stage IV gastric cancer. Simple and useful.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S225-S225
Author(s):  
V Macedo Silva ◽  
M Freitas ◽  
S Xavier ◽  
T Cúrdia Gonçalves ◽  
P Boal Carvalho ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) index has been a recent focus of investigation as a reliable marker of inflammation. This score was recently shown to have a good accuracy upon predicting endoscopic remission in patients with colonic Crohn’s Disease (CD). We aimed to assess the discriminative power of PLR index in patients with isolated small bowel CD. Methods Single center study of consecutive patients with isolated small bowel CD (L1 ± L4 disease according to Montreal classification) who underwent small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) for assessment of endoscopic activity between January 2019 and December 2020. Only complete SBCEs were considered. CD endoscopic activity was classified according to the Lewis score (LS) value. Complete blood count, C-reactive protein and fecal calprotectin values were collected within 1 month of SBCE. Results Final sample included 49 patients, 35 (71.4%) of them females, with a mean age of 35.1±11.8 years. SBCE reported mucosal healing (LS&lt;135) in 30.6% of the patients; mild activity (135≤LS&lt;790) in 42.9% and moderate-to-severe activity (LS≥790) in 26.5% of the patients. PLR index positive correlation with LS was significant and moderate (k=0.597; p&lt;0.001). This correlation was stronger than the one seen between fecal calprotectin (k=0.525; p=0.001) or C-reactive protein (k=0.321; p=0.029) and the LS score. In particular, PLR index presented an excellent accuracy for predicting patients with a moderate-to-severe endoscopic activity (AUC=0.908; 95%CI=0.816–0.999; p&lt;0.001), with an optimal cut-off of PLR above 157 (sensitivity 92.3%; specificity 82.9%). The accuracy for prediction of mucosal healing was good (AUC=0.743; 95%CI=0.600–0.887; p=0.007), with an optimal cut-off of PLR below 126 (sensitivity 66.7%; specificity 80.0%). Conclusion PLR index demonstrated an excellent acuity for predicting patients with moderate to severe disease in small bowel CD. Moreover, it also demonstrated good acuity for predicting mucosal healing on this set of patients. These results come from a significant correlation of PLR index with endoscopic activity in small bowel CD. Our findings establish this index as a promising and easy-to-apply tool for non-invasive and regular follow-up of patients with small bowel CD.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihiro Araki ◽  
Norio Yamamoto ◽  
Katsuhiro Hayashi ◽  
Akihiko Takeuchi ◽  
Shinji Miwa ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Systemic inflammation responses have been associated with cancer development, progression and metastasis. However, little is known about the risk of metastasis based on inflammatory-based scores in patients with osteosarcoma before treatment. We therefore estimated the predictive value of these parameters for metastasis in osteosarcoma.Methods: A total of 54 osteosarcoma patients were enrolled in this retrospective study. All had been diagnosed histologically, and their laboratory data at the first visit were collected from medical records. The lymphocyte-monocyte ratio (LMR), neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), monocyte-neutrophil ratio (MNR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), Glasgow prognostic score (GPS), neutrophil-platelet score (NPS), neutrophil counts (NC), lymphocyte counts (LC), monocyte counts (MC), and C-reactive protein (CRP) were evaluated.Results: High values of CRP, PLR, MNR, and NPS and a low NC were significantly associated with metastasis of osteosarcoma patients in the univariate analysis. A multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that a high CRP level (>0.6mg/dL) (hazard ratio=9.7, 95% confidence interval=3.0-31 ; p=0.00010) and low NC (<4087/µL) (hazard ratio=0.13, 95% confidence interval =0.040-0.42 ; p=0.00080) were risk factors significantly associated with metastasis of osteosarcoma patients.Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that the combination of a high CRP level and low NC before treatment was a useful inflammatory-based prognostic indicator for metastasis in patients with osteosarcoma.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (B) ◽  
pp. 1185-1192
Author(s):  
Gede Febby Pratama Kusuma ◽  
Sri Maliawan ◽  
Tjokorda Gde Bagus Mahadewa ◽  
Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi ◽  
Anak Agung Wiradewi Lestari ◽  
...  

BACKGROUND: Immune system and inflammatory response play an essential role in the development of secondary brain injury (SBI) after traumatic brain injury (TBI). An inflammatory biomarker that can reflect the SBI severity is needed to increase the effectivity of TBI management and prevent morbidity and mortality post-TBI. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), which are more affordable than C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), theoretically have the potential to be used as a marker of the SBI severity. However, NLR and PLR in daily medical practice are not yet fully utilized. AIM: The aim of the study was to correlate NLR and PLR with CRP and ESR as a marker of SBI severity post-TBI. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Sanglah Hospital Denpasar from January to April 2020. Patients diagnosed with TBI were included in this study by consecutive sampling. The blood samples were taken at 24-h post-TBI to obtain the NLR, PLR, CRP, and ESR results. Spearman’s correlation test was conducted to determine the correlation between NLR and PLR with CRP and ESR. RESULTS: Eighty-five patients were included in data analysis. Median ± (interquartile range) of the NLR, PLR, CRP, and ESR were 7.60 ± (6.83), 145.58 ± (76.95), 60.83 ± (66.3), and 12.50 ± (13.85) consecutively. NLR and PLR had a significant positive correlation with CRP (r = 0.472, **p < 0.01; r = 0.283, **p < 0.01 consecutively). But, NLR and PLR were not correlated with ESR. CONCLUSION: NLR and PLR can become a useful and more affordable marker for reflecting the SBI severity in acute TBI.


Blood ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 114 (22) ◽  
pp. 4552-4552
Author(s):  
Ramzi Jeddi ◽  
Hèla Ghédira ◽  
Ramzi ben Amor ◽  
Lamia Aissaoui ◽  
Karima Kacem ◽  
...  

Abstract Abstract 4552 Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of nosocomial infections usually associated with high mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the predictive factors of severe sepsis or septic shock in patients with hematological malignancies and pseudomonas infections. Methods This study was conducted in a teaching hospital (Aziza Othmana University Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia) to evaluate the clinical profile of infections due to Pseudomonas species and to determine risk factors for severe sepsis or septic shock defined according to the criteria of the ACCP/SCCM. Pearson test was used for univariate analysis, and logistic regression for multivariate analysis. Results Between 2004 and 2009,a total of 73 pseudomonas isolates (70 P, aeruginosa) was collected in 60 patients : 47 with acute leukemia (78%), 7 with lymphoma (12%), and 6 with others hematological disorders (10%).The median age was 29 yrs (range, 2-64). Most common sites of the isolates were from bloodstream (45%), and skin lesions (31.5%). At least 11 patients (18%) had 2 or more infections due to Pseudomonas. The most common clinical signs observed were isolated fever (18%), respiratory symptoms (15%), diarrhea (21%), and skin lesions (29%).Susceptibility to major anti-pseudomonas antibiotics revealed that isolates tested were resistant to:piperacillin/tazobactam (40%), cefatazidim (28%), ciprofloxacin (20.5%), imipenem (22%), and amikacin (22%).Severe sepsis or septic shock occurred in 49% of episodes. Crude mortality was (18%, 11 of the 60 patients) all caused by septic shock. In univariate analysis factors associated with severe sepsis or septic shock were: Isolates from more than one site (p=0.04), Absolute neutrophil count < 0.1 × 109/l (p=0.003), concomitant infection with other microorganism (p=0.019), fever lasting for more than 3 days in patients with antibiotherapy (p=0.003), C-reactive protein > 100 mg/l (p <0.0001), serum lactate >2.2 mmol/l (p< 0.0001), serum bicarbonate < 19 mmol/l (p=0.002), hemoglobin level < 70g/l (p<0.0001), renal failure (p=0.006), hypophosphatemia <0.8mmol/l (p=0.003), total bilirubin > 50 μmol/l (p=0.03), and hypoproteinemia <64g/l (p<0.0001). By multivariate analysis, antibiotherapy for more than 3 days (p=0.025,OR=0.217, 95%CI:0.05-0.82), absolute neutrophil count <0.1× 109/l (p=0.046,OR=170;95% CI:1-267), C-reactive protein >100 (p=0.04,OR=15,95%CI: 1,1-219,8), hemoglobin level <70g/l (p=0.037,OR=17,95%CI: 1,1- 243), and hypophosphatemia (p=0.02,OR=148,95%CI:2.2-942) remained as independent predictors of severe sepsis or septic shock. Conclusions This study revealed that several factors such as level of neutrophil count, C-reactive protein, hemoglobin level, severe hypophosphatemia, and antibiotherapy > 72 h before microbiological documentation may play a significant and independent role for the development of severe sepsis/septic shock and increase mortality of Pseudomonas infections in patients with hematological malignancies. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


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