Could neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio be a marker in Hashimoto's thyroiditis?

To determine the applicability of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as diagnostic and prognostic marker in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. The retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted at Elazig Firat University, Elazig, Turkey, and comprised data of Hashimato's thyroiditis patien...

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Published in:Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2020-08, Vol.70 (8), p.1381-1383
Main Authors: Onalan, Erhan, Aslan, Mehmet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Autoimmune thyroiditis
Biological markers
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diagnosis
Hashimoto Disease - diagnosis
Health aspects
Humans
Lymphocytes
Measurement
Middle Aged
Neutrophils
Physiological aspects
Retrospective Studies
Thyroxine
Turkey
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Summary:To determine the applicability of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as diagnostic and prognostic marker in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. The retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted at Elazig Firat University, Elazig, Turkey, and comprised data of Hashimato's thyroiditis patients aged 18 years or more admitted between January 1, 2017, and November 1, 2018. A healthy control group was also included to work as controls. Thyroidstimulating hormone, free triiodothyronine, free thyroxine, anti-thyroid peroxidase, complete blood count, and C-reactive protein results were obtained from patient files for both the cases and the controls, and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio was computed NLR for both the groups. Data was analysed using SPSS 22. Of the 477 subjects, 377(79%) were cases with a mean age of 45.3±13.8 years, and 100(21%) were controls with a mean age of 36.6±10.7 (p0.05). Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio was found to be an effective low-cost marker in the diagnosis and follow-up of Hashimato's thyroiditis.
ISSN:0030-9982
DOI:10.5455/JPMA.32518