Fulsen Bozkuş1, Nursel Dikmen2, Anıl Samur3, Nagihan Bilal4, Nurhan Atilla1, Hüseyin Arpağ1. 1. Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey. 2. Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey. 3. Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey. 4. Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: An increase in the incidence of OSAS (obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome) has been seen due to the reported association between OSAS and obesity. Subjects are predisposed to cardiovascular disease due to systemic inflammation caused by the interactions between obesity and OSA. Inflammatory markers could be used to predict the degree of systemic inflammation, which could be a prognostic factor for future adverse events such as metabolic risks. One marker that has recently started being used as an indicator of systemic inflammation is neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The aim is to evaluate NLR, which is a easily measured parameter of systemic inflammation in OSAS subjects with and without obesity. 155 subjects were assigned to four different groups according to their body mass indices. Comparisons of white blood cell, neutrophil, lymphocyte, NLR values and anthropometric measurements were done for each group. RESULT: The NLR and neutrophil counts of group 4 were statistically significant and higher than those of groups 1, 2 and 3. The lymphocyte counts of group 4 were the lowest amongst all groups, these values were lower than the lymphocyte counts of groups 1, 2 and 3 with statistically significant differences (p< 001). A positive correlation was found between the body mass index and lymphocyte count values of obese OSAS subjects (r= 0.027, p= 353). CONCLUSIONS: The NLR ratio was found to be increasing by obesity grade and reveals that the associated inflammatory response also increases. The NLR ratio might be used as an inflammatory marker in obese OSAS subjects.
INTRODUCTION: An increase in the incidence of OSAS (obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome) has been seen due to the reported association between OSAS and obesity. Subjects are predisposed to cardiovascular disease due to systemic inflammation caused by the interactions between obesity and OSA. Inflammatory markers could be used to predict the degree of systemic inflammation, which could be a prognostic factor for future adverse events such as metabolic risks. One marker that has recently started being used as an indicator of systemic inflammation is neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The aim is to evaluate NLR, which is a easily measured parameter of systemic inflammation in OSAS subjects with and without obesity. 155 subjects were assigned to four different groups according to their body mass indices. Comparisons of white blood cell, neutrophil, lymphocyte, NLR values and anthropometric measurements were done for each group. RESULT: The NLR and neutrophil counts of group 4 were statistically significant and higher than those of groups 1, 2 and 3. The lymphocyte counts of group 4 were the lowest amongst all groups, these values were lower than the lymphocyte counts of groups 1, 2 and 3 with statistically significant differences (p< 001). A positive correlation was found between the body mass index and lymphocyte count values of obese OSAS subjects (r= 0.027, p= 353). CONCLUSIONS: The NLR ratio was found to be increasing by obesity grade and reveals that the associated inflammatory response also increases. The NLR ratio might be used as an inflammatory marker in obese OSAS subjects.
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