Fig. 2From: Associations of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio with intracranial artery stenosis and ischemic strokeThe results of mediation analysis on the risk of ischemic stroke. The mediation analysis showed that ICAS significantly and partially mediate the association between NLR and ischemic stroke, accounting for 14.4% of the total effect (P < 0.001). ME: mediated effect; a: the adjusted regression coefficient between NLR and ICAS; b: the adjusted regression coefficient between ICAS and ischemic stroke; c: the adjusted (including ICAS) regression coefficient between NLR and ischemic stroke; c’: the adjusted (barring ICAS) regression coefficient between NLR and ischemic stroke. *p < 0.001Back to article page