Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0049ep1343 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2017

Neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) ratio should not be used as an indicator of inflammation in hyperthyroid patients

Dagdeviren Murat , Akkan Tolga , Celiker Dilek , Karakaya Serdar , Ertugrul Derun Taner , Altay Mustafa

Introduction: Neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) ratio is considered as a sign of systemic inflammation in recent years. In our study, we aimed to investigate N/L ratio in hyperthyroid patients and healthy control group.Material & methods: A total of 121 hyperthyroid patients (71 patients with GravesÂ’ disease and 50 patients with other causes of hyperthyroidism) and 40 healthy volunteers were enrolled. Complete blood count was obtained from both group ...

ea0041ep820 | Obesity | ECE2016

Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and its relationship with insulin resistance in obesity

Karakaya Serdar , Altay Mustafa , Kaplan Efe Fatma , Karadag Ibrahim , Unsal Oktay

Aim: In our study we aimed to investigate neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) ratio, variations in leukocytes and leukocyte subtypes and relationship between N/L ratio and insulin resistance (IR) in obesity.Material and methods: In this study 250 obese patients data were scanned retrospectively and 96 patients that are convenient to inclusion criteria and has complete file information were included in the study. Forty healthy individual with similar age and sex ...