Role of neutrophil to lymphocyte and monocyte to lymphocyte ratios in the diagnosis of bacterial infection in patients with fever.

Infection · 2017 · PMC5488068 · PMID 27995553

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borderline significantp = 0.095so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

However, adjusting the effects of NLR and MLR for each other gives only borderline significant effects ( p = 0.095 and 0.055, respectively, adjusted for age and gender; p = 0.040 and 0.054 unadjusted for age and sex) as they are highly correlated (Spearman’s rho = 0.78, p < 0.001).

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