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Table 7 A combination of PLR, NLR and Hb for predicting DR

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

Marker

AUC

95%CI lower

95%CI upper

Cut off

Specificity

Sensitivity

NLR

0.64

0.58

0.69

1.84

0.56

0.64

PLR

0.58

0.53

0.63

128.11

0.79

0.35

Hb

0.76

0.72

0.81

146.50

0.68

0.72

NLR + PLR + Hb

0.78

0.74

0.82

–

0.68

0.75

  1. Based on model: logit (DR) = 8.74874−0.06060*Hb +0.49400*NLR−0.00682*PLR
  2. AUC area under curve, CI confidence intervals, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, PLR platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, Hb hemoglobin, NRI net reclassification index, IDI integrated discrimination improvement