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Neutrophil and monocyte ratios to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol as biomarkers in non-dipping hypertension.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the level and significance of neutrophils to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHR) and monocytes to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (MHR) in patients with non-dipping hypertension.

METHODS: A total of 228 patients were retrospectively enrolled in the study. They were divided into the dipping hypertension group ( n  = 76), the non-dipping hypertension group ( n  = 77) and the control group ( n  = 75) according to 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system (ABPM) recordings. NHR and MHR were calculated and compared statistically. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses were performed for NHR and MHR. Binary logistic regression analyses were introduced to investigate the independent associations of NHR and MHR with non-dipping hypertension.

RESULTS: The NHR and MHR were significantly higher in the non-dipping hypertension group compared with the control group ( p  = .001, p  < .001, respectively) and the dipping hypertension group ( p  = .039, p  = .003, respectively). According to ROC curve analyses, NHR>73.35 and MHR>7.54 were regarded as high-risk groups. The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.642 ( p  < .001) for NHR and 0.718 ( p  < .001) for MHR. In multivariate analysis, compared with NHR, only MHR was still recognized as a marker for detection of non-dipping hypertension (odds ratio [OR]: 1.208, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.076 to 1.356, p  = .001).

CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicated that not NHR but MHR as new composite marker of inflammation and lipid metabolism may predict non-dipping hypertension to some extent.

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