The Relevance in the Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio and the SARC-F Score in Gastrointestinal Diseases

Abstract

We sought to clarify the relevance in the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the SARC-F score in patients with gastrointestinal diseases (G-Ds, n = 672, median age = 73 years). Univariate and multivariate analysis for the SARC-F score were performed. Advanced malignancy was identified in 162 patients (24.1%). The median of NLR for all cases was 2.65. The median of NLR in ECOG-PS 0 (n = 436), 1 (n = 128), 2 (n = 49) and 3 or 4 (n = 59) was 2.26, 2.97, 4.41 and 5.99 (overall p r = 0.54, p n = 84) and n = 588) was 5.87 and 2.48 (p p p p = 0.0686). In conclusion, we would like to emphasize the usefulness of NLR, a simple marker assessed only by blood tests, in predicting the possibility for sarcopenia by the SARC-F in G-Ds.

Keywords

• neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio
• SARC-F
• sarcopenia
• gastrointestinal disease
• correlation