Correlation of neutrophil lymphocyte ratio with HbA1c in patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Authors

  • Sanjay Varma Department of Medicine, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
  • Manisha Khande Department of Medicine, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
  • Preeti Gupta Department of Medicine, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
  • Archana . Department of Medicine, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
  • Rajeev Lochan Khare Department of Medicine, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
  • Yogendra Malhotra Department of Medicine, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
  • Devpriya Lakra Department of Medicine, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20212407

Keywords:

NLR, American heart association, HbA1c, Glycemic control

Abstract

Background: Neutrophil lymphocyte is an indicator of subclinical inflammation. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation. One of the novel inflammatory markers is hemogram derived neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio. There are very few studies which are directly accessing the relation between NLR and HbA1c, so in the present study our aim to correlate neutrophil lymphocyte ratio with glycemic control in patients having type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Hospital based observational cross section study was carried out at department of medicine, Pt JNMMC and Dr BRAM Hospital, Raipur, between September 2018 to August 2019. 105 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus according to ADA criteria who were aged more than 18 years were included in the study. Relevant investigation and complete blood count were performed. Microsoft excel and SPSS version 25 were used for collection and analysis of the data, p<0.05 was considered as significant.

Results: Out of 105 patients who were given the consent for the study, the ration of male is to female was 1:0.98, mean age of all the patients was 51.77±10.56 years, mean neutrophil lymphocyte ratio among the patients was 6.30±2.646, HbA1c count more than ≥9 was 54 (51.27%). NLR had a positive correlation with HbA1c and was found to be an independent predictor of poor glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Conclusions: Increased NLR is associated with elevated HbA1c and poor glycemic control. Type NLR should be used as a marker of diabetic control level in addition to HbA1c in type 2 diabetic subjects.

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2021-06-23

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