Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio on admission is an independent risk factor for the severity and mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019

The study by Liu et al. had been published in your journal, and reported that the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) was an independent risk factor for the mortality of the COVID-19 patients.1 Based on it, we reported the association between levels of NLR at admission and the disease severity in COVID-19 and further explored the predictive role of NLR for mortality of the COVID-19 patients in more subgroups.

Source: Journal of Infection - September 22, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Shijie Wang, Lingli Fu, Kejie Huang, Jianglong Han, Rui Zhang, Zhenming Fu Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research