Associations of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio with intracranial artery stenosis and ischemic stroke

BMC Neurology

Table 3 Logistic regression estimation of the effect on intracranial artery stenosis with neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio at baseline

	Model 1 OR (95% CI)	P	Model 2 OR (95% CI)	P
Age	1.022 (1.015–1.029)	0.000^*	1.020 (1.012–1.028)	0.000^*
Female	1.190 (1.012–1.398)	0.036^†	1.290 (1.050–1.585)	0.015^†
Systolic blood pressure	1.008 (1.005–1.012)	0.000^*	1.005 (1.002–1.009)	0.005^†
Hypertension	1.387 (1.129–1.704)	0.002^†	1.192 (0.952–1.493)	0.125
Diabetes mellitus	1.605 (1.364–1.888)	0.000^*	1.292 (1.052–1.587)	0.015^†
Coronary heart disease	1.190 (1.011–1.399)	0.036^†	0.943 (0.790–1.126)	0.516
Smoking	0.837 (0.706–0.992)	0.040^†	0.920 (0.728–1.163)	0.487
Drinking	1.001 (0.831–1.206)	0.989	1.354 (1.063–1.723)	0.014^†
Glucose	1.086 (1.056–1.117)	0.000^*	1.053 (1.017–1.091)	0.003^†
High-density lipoprotein	0.689 (0.539–0.880)	0.003^†	0.646 (0.495–0.841)	0.001^†
Low-density lipoprotein	0.984 (0.927–1.044)	0.584	–	–
Triglyceride	0.953 (0.882–1.029)
Total cholesterol	0.969 (0.910–1.031)	0.319	–	–
Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio	1.183 (1.133–1.234)	0.000^*	1.158 (1.108–1.210)	0.000^*

Model 1: Crude; Model 2: Adjusted for age, gender, systolic blood pressure, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, smoking, drinking, glucose, high-density lipoprotein
^*P < .001
^†P < .05

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