Table 1 The clinical characteristic of participants according to the trajectories of NLR.

From: Follow-up study to explore the relationship between Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and impaired fasting glucose—using the group-based trajectory modeling

 

NLR (%)

P

Low level NLR

Moderate level NLR

High level NLR

n

281

629

212

 

Sex (male)

103(36.5%)

251(39.9%)

97(45.8%)

0.115

BMI (kg/m2)

23.86 ± 3.14

23.91 ± 3.02

23.78 ± 3.16

0.933

Age (years)

47.79 ± 10.51

47.55 ± 10.10

48.02 ± 11.60

0.284

WBC (× 109/L)

5.63 ± 1.42

6.07 ± 1.47

6.36 ± 1.61

 < 0.001

RBC (× 1012/L)

4.63 ± 0.43

4.67 ± 0.45

4.69 ± 0.48

0.473

HBG (g/L)

137.17 ± 15.08

137.79 ± 15.10

138.65 ± 14.98

0.558

HCT (%)

41.45 ± 3.96

41.94 ± 4.36

41.61 ± 4.02

0.68

PLT (× 109/L)

215.17 ± 43.80

209.18 ± 46.49

212.48 ± 43.91

0.363

AST (U/L)

17.00(15.00 ~ 21.00)

17.00(15.00 ~ 20.00)

17.00(14.00 ~ 19.00)

0.011

ALT (U/L)

17.00(12.00 ~ 23.00)

16.00(12.00 ~ 23.00)

16.00(12.00 ~ 22.00)

0.656

Neutrophil (× 109/L)

2.69 ± 0.73

3.60 ± 1.05

4.18 ± 1.32

 < 0.001

Lymphocyte (× 109/L)

2.43 ± 0.62

2.14 ± 0.48

1.96 ± 0.46

 < 0.001

TP (g/L)

76.27 ± 4.33

75.70 ± 4.21

75.45 ± 4.15

0.039

ALB (g/L)

45.58 ± 1.95

45.58 ± 1.83

45.51 ± 1.51

0.218

GGT (umol/L)

20.00(14.00 ~ 29.00)

21.00(14.00 ~ 34.50)

18.00(14.00 ~ 26.00)

0.047

FPG (mmol/L)

5.17 ± 0.65

5.36 ± 1.23

5.37 ± 1.10

0.037

TC (mmol/L)

4.98 ± 0.78

4.94 ± 0.90

4.79 ± 0.81

0.031

TG (mmol/L)

1.17(0.81 ~ 1.69)

1.17(0.80 ~ 1.92)

1.19(0.80 ~ 1.79)

0.845

HDL (mmol/L)

1.52 ± 0.38

1.49 ± 0.38

1.45 ± 0.36

0.181

LDL (mmol/L)

3.04 ± 0.68

2.97 ± 0.78

2.89 ± 0.69

0.152

SBP (mmHg)

123.39 ± 16.30

124.04 ± 16.20

122.88 ± 16.80

0.776

DBP (mmHg)

78.52 ± 10.11

79.31 ± 10.62

77.43 ± 9.73

0.127

Smoking

 Yes

56(19.9%)

174(27.7%)

69(32.6%)

0.005

 No

225(80.1%)

455(72.3%)

143(67.4%)

Drinking

 Yes

97(34.5%)

219(34.8%)

76(35.8%)

0.935

 No

184(65.5%)

410(65.2%)

135(64.2%)

  1. NLR Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, BMI body mass index, WBC white blood cell count, RBC red blood cell count, HBG hemoglobin, HCT hematocrit, PLT platelet count, AST glutamic oxalacetic transaminase, ALT glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, TP total protein, ALB albumin, GGT gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, FPG fasting plasma glucose, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure.