18 March 2024: Clinical Research
Association of T Cell Subsets and Platelet/Lymphocyte Ratio with Long-Term Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Yun Yang 1ABCDEFG , Jie-Hui Chen 1BCDE , Shu-Xiao Zhang 1BCDE , Sheng-Lang Zhu 1ADEF* , Heng-Mei Zhu 12AEFG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.942324
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e942324
Table 3 Correlation of circulating immune-inflammatory indexes with long-term infection and chronic kidney disease in kidney transplant recipients.
| Indexes | PLR | CD4+/CD8+ (%) | Infection | CKD stages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | |
| CRP | 0.249 | * | −0.239 | * | 0.562 | * | −0.16 | 0.013* |
| PCT | 0.298 | 0.002* | −0.186 | 0.059 | 0.299 | 0.002* | 0.128 | 0.197 |
| ESR | 0.233 | 0.001* | −0.086 | 0.239 | 0.219 | 0.002* | 0.176 | 0.015* |
| NLR | 0.740 | * | −0.292 | * | 0.503 | * | 0.088 | 0.151 |
| UA | −0.019 | 0.766 | −0.057 | 0.361 | −0.196 | 0.001* | 0.421 | ** |
| Sex | 0.055 | 0.369 | 0.001 | 0.981 | 0.149 | 0.015* | −0.089 | 0.148 |
| PLR | 1.000 | – | −0.258 | * | 0.357 | * | 0.249 | ** |
| CD4+/CD8+ (%) | −0.258 | * | 1.00 | – | −0.451 | * | −0.392 | ** |
| CKD – chronic kidney disease; KTRs – kidney transplant recipients; CD – cluster of differentiation; CRP – C-reactive protein; ESR – erythrocyte sedimentation rate; NLR – neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio; PCT – procalcitonin; PLR – platelet/lymphocyte ratio; UA – uric acid. * ** | ||||||||