Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as an inflammatory biomarker of diabetic nephropathy among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: A comparative cross-sectional study.

Mesfin Zewude GurmuSolomon GenetSolomon Tebeje GizawTeka Obsa FeyisaNetasan Gnanasekaran

Published in: SAGE open medicine (2022)

The NLR was significantly increased in T2DM patients with DN, suggesting that inflammation and endothelial dysfunction could be an integral part of the pathogenesis of DN, and therefore, this ratio may be considered as a predictor and a prognostic biomarker of DN.

Keyphrases

diabetic nephropathy
end stage renal disease
oxidative stress
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
glycemic control
type diabetes
skeletal muscle
weight loss