Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of acute pontine infarction according to NLR tertiles

Variable

NLR ≤ 2.03

2.03 < NLR ≤ 3.11

NLR > 3.11

P

Age (years)

65.4 ± 9.9

65.1 ± 11.5

69.6 ± 10.9

0.012

Male, n (%)

47 (55.3)

54 (62.1)

54 (64.3)

0.459

Hypertension, n (%)

63 (74.1)

75 (86.2)

69 (82.1)

0.123

Diabetes, n (%)

35 (41.2)

42 (48.3)

34 (40.5)

0.521

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

2 (2.4)

3 (3.4)

3 (3.6)

0.881

Stroke history, n (%)

11 (12.9)

25 (28.7)

20 (23.8)

0.038

Smoker, n (%)

23 (27.1)

26 (29.9)

23 (27.4)

0.903

Alcohol user, n (%)

10 (11.8)

17 (19.5)

16 (19.0)

0.315

Etiological Subtype, n (%)

 LAOD

19 (22.4)

23 (26.4)

17 (20.2)

0.893

 CE

3 (3.5)

3 (3.4)

3 (3.6)

 BABD

31 (36.5)

34 (39.1)

40 (47.6)

 SAD

18 (21.2)

15 (17.2)

15 (17.9)

 OE

14 (16.5)

12 (13.8)

9 (10.7)

NIHSS score

5 (3–6)

5 (3–6)

7 (5–9)

 < 0.001

Admission to blood sampling time (h)

16.1 (14.3–20.4)

18.3 (14.8–21.1)

17.0 (13.7–21.2)

0.278

SBP (mmHg)

151.1 ± 19.1

149.3 ± 18.2

156.0 ± 23.6

0.087

DBP (mmHg)

87.3 ± 11.2

87.4 ± 10.2

90.5 ± 11.9

0.112

Neutrophils (10⁹/L)

3.3 ± 0.9

4.2 ± 0.9

6.0 ± 1.8

 < 0.001

Lymphocytes (10⁹/L)

2.1 ± 0.5

1.7 ± 0.4

1.4 ± 0.4

 < 0.001

Platelets (10⁹/L)

180.2 ± 43.2

166.5 ± 47.8

179.9 ± 50.7

0.096

FBG (mmol/L)

5.6 (4.8–7.0)

5.9 (5.1–7.9)

5.6 (4.7–7.5)

0.799

TG (mmol/L)

1.9 (1.5–2.8)

1.8 (1.4–2.6)

1.6 (1.2–2.1)

0.319

LDL (mmol/L)

2.8 ± 0.7

2.8 ± 0.9

2.8 ± 1.0

0.949

TC (mmol/L)

4.7 ± 1.0

4.4 ± 1.0

4.5 ± 1.0

0.264

Scr (μmol/L)

66.0 (55.0–74.0)

66.0 (51.5–78.5)

67.5 (56.5–78.0)

0.650

BUN (mmol/L)

5.4 (4.5–6.5)

5.6 (4.3–6.5)

5.5 (4.6–7.5)

0.436

UA (mmol/L)

319.6 ± 84.6

329.8 ± 96.0

327.0 ± 92.3

0.750

Infarct size (mm)

12.8 ± 4.5

13.9 ± 5.2

13.4 ± 5.0

0.117

BA stenosis, n (%)

19 (22.4)

21 (24.1)

15 (17.9)

0.590

mRS score

1 (1–2)

2 (1–2)

3 (1–3)

 < 0.001