Nasibeh Vatankhah1, Younes Jahangiri2, Gregory J Landry3, Robert B McLafferty3, Nabil J Alkayed4, Gregory L Moneta3, Amir F Azarbal3. 1. Division of Vascular Surgery, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore. Electronic address: vatankha@ohsu.edu. 2. Dotter Interventional Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore. 3. Division of Vascular Surgery, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore. 4. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been used as a surrogate marker of systemic inflammation. We sought to investigate the association between NLR and wound healing in diabetic wounds. METHODS: The outcomes of 120 diabetic foot ulcers in 101 patients referred from August 2011 to December 2014 were examined retrospectively. Demographic, patient-specific, and wound-specific variables as well as NLR at baseline visit were assessed. Outcomes were classified as ulcer healing, minor amputation, major amputation, and chronic ulcer. RESULTS: The subjects' mean age was 59.4 ± 13.0 years, and 67 (66%) were male. Final outcome was complete healing in 24 ulcers (20%), minor amputation in 58 (48%) and major amputation in 16 (13%), and 22 chronic ulcers (18%) at the last follow-up (median follow-up time, 6.8 months). In multivariate analysis, higher NLR (odds ratio, 13.61; P = .01) was associated with higher odds of nonhealing. CONCLUSIONS: NLR can predict odds of complete healing in diabetic foot ulcers independent of wound infection and other factors.
OBJECTIVE: The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been used as a surrogate marker of systemic inflammation. We sought to investigate the association between NLR and wound healing in diabetic wounds. METHODS: The outcomes of 120 diabetic foot ulcers in 101 patients referred from August 2011 to December 2014 were examined retrospectively. Demographic, patient-specific, and wound-specific variables as well as NLR at baseline visit were assessed. Outcomes were classified as ulcer healing, minor amputation, major amputation, and chronic ulcer. RESULTS: The subjects' mean age was 59.4 ± 13.0 years, and 67 (66%) were male. Final outcome was complete healing in 24 ulcers (20%), minor amputation in 58 (48%) and major amputation in 16 (13%), and 22 chronic ulcers (18%) at the last follow-up (median follow-up time, 6.8 months). In multivariate analysis, higher NLR (odds ratio, 13.61; P = .01) was associated with higher odds of nonhealing. CONCLUSIONS: NLR can predict odds of complete healing in diabetic foot ulcers independent of wound infection and other factors.
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