Table 4 Multicollinearity diagnosis between NLR/BLR and other clinical characteristics associated with in-hospital mortality in SCAP.

From: Prognostic value of the platelet, neutrophil, monocyte, basophil, and eosinophil to lymphocyte ratios in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP)

Clinical characteristics

NLR

ELR

P value

Tolerance

VIF

P value

Tolerance

VIF

Age

0.782

0.686

1.457

0.889

0.686

1.457

Respiratory rate

0.279

0.784

1.275

0.738

0.784

1.275

Heart rate

0.648

0.651

1.536

0.023

0.651

1.536

SBP

0.334

0.493

2.030

0.112

0.493

2.030

DBP

0.111

0.467

2.143

0.044

0.467

2.143

Disorientation

0.637

0.812

1.231

0.585

0.812

1.231

Coma

0.179

0.776

1.288

0.788

0.776

1.288

Cancer

0.478

0.828

1.208

0.646

0.828

1.208

Cardiovascular disease

0.076

0.766

1.305

0.855

0.766

1.305

Hypertension

0.395

0.654

1.529

0.151

0.654

1.529

Diabetes mellitus

0.789

0.878

1.139

0.214

0.878

1.139

Number of comorbidities

0.336

0.777

1.286

0.600

0.777

1.286

pH

0.480

0.656

1.524

0.159

0.656

1.524

BE

0.948

0.740

1.351

0.725

0.740

1.351

WBC

0.000

0.771

1.298

0.008

0.771

1.298

RBC

0.522

0.271

3.691

0.186

0.271

3.691

Hemoglobin

0.789

0.256

3.906

0.575

0.256

3.906

Myoglobin

0.917

0.721

1.387

0.030

0.721

1.387

BUN

0.020

0.476

2.100

0.726

0.476

2.100

UA

0.042

0.465

2.149

0.027

0.465

2.149

AST

0.790

0.719

1.391

0.703

0.374

2.676

Albumin

0.963

0.374

2.676

0.605

0.719

1.391

LDH

0.702

0.373

2.683

0.902

0.373

2.683

PT

0.876

0.694

1.441

0.031

0.694

1.441

D-dimer

0.129

0.671

1.491

0.425

0.671

1.491

Hs-CRP

0.022

0.735

1.360

0.568

0.735

1.360

  1. NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte, BLR basophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, SCAP severe community-acquired pneumonia, VIF variance inflation factor, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BE base excess, WBC white blood cell, RBC red blood cell, BUN blood urea nitrogen, Scr serum creatinine, UA uric acid, AST aspartate aminotransferase, LDH lactic dehydrogenase, PT prothrombin time, BNP brain natriuretic peptide, hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.
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