Relationship of inflammatory indices with left atrial appendage thrombus or spontaneous echo contrast in patients with atrial fibrillation

Table 2 Inflammatory indices of patients with or without left atrial appendage thrombus /dense spontaneous echo contrast

Variable	Study group	Control group	P value
n	53	353	-
Neutrophil count, × 109/L	4.5 ± 1.8	3.7 ± 1.3	0.004
Lymphocyte count, × 109/L	1.3 ± 0.3	1.6 ± 0.5	< 0.001
Monocyte count, × 109/L	0.7 (0.5-1.4)	0.6 (0.5-0.6)	< 0.001
Platelet count, × 109/L	197.2 ± 62.7	193.3 ± 60.0	< 0.001
CRP, mg/L	1.1 (0.5-3.1)	0.5 (0.4-1.2)	< 0.001
NLR	3.8 ± 1.9	2.6 ± 1.2	< 0.001
LMR	1.8 ± 1.2	2.9 ± 1.3	< 0.001
PLR	164.8 ± 58.5	134.1 ± 53.4	< 0.001

CRP: C-reactive protein; NLR: Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; LMR: Lymphocyte-monocyte ratio; PLR: Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio.