Ratio of neutrophil to lymphocyte counts--rapid and simple parameter of systemic inflammation and stress in critically ill.

By R. Záhorec. Bratislava Medical Journal, 2001

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Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Metformin Irrespective of Diabetes Status (2016, unknown): “…effect of metformin and sulfonylureas on the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), a marker of inflammation derived from a combination of hematological components of the systemic inflammatory response 29,30 that has recently been found to be a predictor of all-cause mortality and cardiac events.”
Neutrophil‐lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic factor in colorectal cancer (2005, background): “The neutrophilto-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been suggested as a simple index of systemic inflammatory response in critically ill patients [13].”
The systemic inflammation-based neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio: experience in patients with cancer. (2013, background): “It is also well established that the systemic inflammatory esponse is associated with alterations in circulating white lood cells, specifically the presence of neutrophilia with a e d a elative lymphocytopaenia [6,7].”