Association between neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and diabetic retinopathy among diabetic patients without a related family history

Table 2 Correlation analysis of NLR, PLR and Hb and major clinical factors

Variable	NLR		PLR (*0.1)		Hb(g/L)
Variable	R	P	R	P	R	P
Gender (male/female)	−0.061	0.190	0.080	0.082	−0.465	0.000**
Hypertension (no/yes)	0.053	0.247	−0.008	0.855	−0.130	0.005**
Age (years)	0.055	0.238	0.029	0.534	−0.150	0.001**
NLR	1	1	0.520	0.000**	−0.115	0.012*
MLR (*10)	0.609	0.000**	0.446	0.000**	0.004	0.934
PLR (*0.1)	0.520	0.000**	1	1	−0.289	0.000**
Diabetes course (month)	0.125	0.007**	0.093	0.044*	−0.266	0.000**
BMI (kg/m²)	−0.021	0.651	−0.117	0.011*	0.194	0.000**
FPG (mmol/L)	0.015	0.755	−0.063	0.184	0.080	0.091
HbA1c (%)	−0.001	0.980	−0.072	0.129	0.076	0.110
Hb (g/L)	−0.115	0.012*	−0.289	0.000**	1	1
BUN (mmol/L)	0.100	0.033*	−0.042	0.371	−0.220	0.000**
Scr (mmol/L)	0.173	0.000**	0.079	0.092	−0.065	0.168
Sulfonylureas (no/yes)	−0.078	0.090	0.049	0.291	-0.016	0.725
Biguanides (no/yes)	0.033	0.476	−0.058	0.209	0.072	0.120
Insulin (no/yes)	0.081	0.081	−0.032	0.491	0.009	0.839

NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, MLR monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio, PLR platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, BMI body mass index, FPG fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin A1c, Hb hemoglobin, BUN blood urea nitrogen, Scr serum creatinine, R correlation coefficient
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01

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