Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a novel predictor of survival in chronic hemodialysis patients

Georges Ouellet, Rakesh Malhotra, E. Lars Penne, Len A. Usvyat, Nathan W. Levin, Peter Kotanko

Clinical Nephrology · 2016 · 54 citations · 0 references

Abstract

This study identifies NLR as a novel and robust predictor of all-cause mortality in incident and prevalent HD patients. NLR is an inexpensive and readily available marker that may help to identify HD patients who are at an increased risk of death.