Table 2 Relationships between depressive symptoms and NLR or PLR.

From: Higher neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio is associated with depressive symptoms in Japanese general male population

 

Males

Females

Non-depressive symptoms

Depressive symptoms

P-value

Non-depressive symptoms

Depressive symptoms

P-value

NLR

1.54 (1.24, 1.97)

1.76 (1.32, 2.37)

0.005*

1.49 (1.16, 1.97)

1.56 (1.23, 2.03)

0.373

PLR

123.7 (102.0, 153.9)

136.8 (107.0, 166.5)

0.047*

139.4 (113.2, 173.0)

135.0 (114.4, 165.8)

0.801

  1. *P < 0.05. Differences between the non-depressive symptoms and depressive symptoms groups were estimated by the Mann–Whitney test. Data are median (25th to 75th percentile), NLR: neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio, PLR: platelet-lymphocyte ratio.
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