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cord-305946-ytabywxd	Zhu, Shiping	Predictive value of neutrophil to lymphocyte and platelet to lymphocyte ratio in COVID-19	2020-08-28		.txt	text/plain	487	28	48	title: Predictive value of neutrophil to lymphocyte and platelet to lymphocyte ratio in COVID-19 Predictive value of neutrophil to lymphocyte and platelet to lymphocyte ratio in COVID-19 Shiping Zhu 1 , Lei Dong 2 and Wanru Cai 2* Keywords: Neutrophil to leucocyte ratio, Platelet to lymphocyte ratio, To the Editor, In a recent study, Dr. Ma [1] investigated the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in predicting moderate-severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in patients with COVID-19 infection. First, uncontrolled inflammatory response plays a vital role in COVID-19 disease, and both NLR and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) have been recognized as inflammatory factors in various lung diseases [2, 3] , such as lung cancer and obstructive lung disease. However, one common limitation is that in most previous studies, NLR or PLR was included in the generalized linear models as a continuous variable, with the assumption that there was a linear association between NLR/PLR and the dependent outcomes. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a predictive biomarker for moderate-severe ARDS in severe COVID-19 patients	./cache/cord-305946-ytabywxd.txt	./txt/cord-305946-ytabywxd.txt