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. 2021 Apr;35(4):e23719.
doi: 10.1002/jcla.23719. Epub 2021 Jan 28.

Correlation between the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and diabetic foot ulcer in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Kuanxin Zhang  1   2 , Sheng Ding  3 , Xiaoyu Lyu  3 , Qin Tan  3 , Zhongjing Wang  3
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Correlation between the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and diabetic foot ulcer in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Kuanxin Zhang et al. J Clin Lab Anal. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the correlation between the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Method: From January 2018 to August 2019, 206 patients with T2DM admitted to the Central Hospital of Wuhan, China, were enrolled in this study, including 104 patients with DFU (DFU group) and 102 patients without DFU (T2DM group). During the same period, 90 healthy subjects were randomly screened as normal controls (NC group). The correlation between PLR and DFU in patients with T2DM was explored by comparing the PLR of the subjects in the three groups.

Results: The PLRs of the DFU and T2DM groups were higher than that of the NC group, whereas the PLR of the DFU group was higher than that of the T2DM group (p < 0.05). PLR was positively correlated with the Wagner DFU grade (p < 0.001). Based on logistic regression analysis, PLR was found to be an independent risk factor for DFU (OR =1.029, 95% CI: 1.019 ~ 1.039, p < 0.001). The receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of the PLR showed that the area under the curve of the PLR for predicting diabetic foot ulcer was 0.776 (p < 0.001), and the analysis determined that the optimal critical value of the PLR for predicting DFU was 147.6.

Conclusion: The PLR is significantly elevated in patients with DFU and positively correlated with the Wagner DFU grade, which might be a valuable marker for early diagnosis and assessment of severity of DFU.

Keywords: diabetic foot ulcer; risk factor; the platelet to lymphocyte ratio; type 2 diabetes mellitus.

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ROC curve analysis of the PLR. PLR, platelet‐to‐lymphocyte ratio; ROC, receiver operating characteristic
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