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

J Infect. 2021 Feb;82(2):e16-e18. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.09.022. Epub 2020 Sep 24.

Authors

Shijie Wang¹, Lingli Fu¹, Kejie Huang¹, Jianglong Han¹, Rui Zhang¹, Zhenming Fu²

Affiliations

¹ Cancer Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
² Cancer Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China. Electronic address: davidfuzming@whu.edu.cn.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Mortality; NLR, Severity; Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Lymphocytes
Neutrophils
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2