Association of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 3 Baseline characteristics of study population from included studies- blood parameters and comorbidities, n (%)

Ref.	Serum albumin (g/dL) (mean ± SD)	Absolute neutrophil (109/L) (mean ± SD)	Absolute lymphocytes (109/L) (mean ± SD)	Leukocytes (109/L) (mean ± SD)	Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (mean ± SD)	Hemoglobin (g/dL) (mean ± SD)	C-reactive protein (mg/dL) (mean ± SD)	Cholesterol (mg/dL) (mean ± SD)	Diabetes mellitus
An et al[19]	3.9 ± 0.5	5.0 ± 1.7a	1.5 ± 0.5a	N/A	3.33 ± 3.4	100.2 ± 20.3	1.3 ± 0.9a	216.6 ± 58	33 (23.9)
Liu et al[18]	3.7 ± 0.5	N/A	N/A	6.6 ± 0.52	2.87 ± 0.3	101 ± 21	N/A	189 ± 11	449 (25.3)
Zeng et al[17]	3.5 ± 0.5a	4.1 ± 1.6a	1.2 ± 0.52a	6.1 ± 2.0a	3.3 ± 1.5a	8.7 ± 1.9a	N/A	162.4 ± 42.9	342 (22.8)
Zhang et al[16]	3.5 ± 5	4.4 ± 2.1a	1.4 ± 0.6a	6.5 ± 2.4a	2.87 ± 0.4	8.8 ± 2.2	3.15 ± 1.7	162.02 ± 44.9	31 (22)
Xu et al[15]	3 ± 0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lau et al[14]	3.5 ± 0.4	4.6 ± 2.0a	1.1 ± 0.4a	6.6 ± 2.2a	3.9 ± 3.06a	8.9 ± 1.3	0.41 ± 0.3	N/A	115 (51.1)
Liu[13]	3 ± 0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

^aP value < 0.05.

N/A: Not applicable.