From: Clinical utility of blood neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in Japanese COPD patients
Exacerbation | AUC (95% CI) |
 NLR | 63.4 (55.0–71.7) |
 Neutrophil count | 55.2 (46.3–64.2) |
 Lymphocyte count | 59.2 (50.8–67.6) |
 Eosinophil count | 51.2 (41.9–60.6) |
 CRP | 54.3 (45.2–63.4) |
 SAA | 59.4 (50.5–68.3) |
% FEV1 < 50% | AUC (95% CI) |
 NLR | 64.2 (56.9–71.6) |
 Neutrophil count | 55.3 (47.3–63.2) |
 lymphocyte count | 59.8 (52.3–67.3) |
 Eosinophil count | 51.5 (43.4–59.6) |
 CRP | 55.5 (47.7–63.5) |
 SAA | 57.7 (49.8–65.6) |