A novel proportional index to differentiate between demographically and clinically matched cases with papillary thyroid carcinoma or non-cancerous nodule: PLR-to-PDW ratio
dc.contributor.author | Deniz, Muzaffer Serdar | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-29T16:12:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-09-29T16:12:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.department | Karabük Üniversitesi | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To analyze PLR-to-PDW ratio as a novel diagnostic index in the discrimination of benign thyroid nodules (BTN) and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), and to analyze the discriminatory power of a novel index (platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio divided by platelet distribution width: PLR-to-PDW ratio) in comparison with previously-examined inflammatory indices including neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), PLR, prognostic nutritional index (PNI), systemic inflammation index (SII), and systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI). Methods: This cross-sectional retrospective research included 459 demographically and clinically-matched participants who underwent thyroid examination with ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration biopsy. NLR, PLR, SII, SIRI and PLR-to-PDW were calculated manually from complete blood count results. PNI was calculated as albumin (g/dL) + 5 x lymphocyte count. Results: Among the inflammatory indices, NLR, PLR and PLR-to-PDW ratio were significantly higher in patients with PTC compared to those with BTN. Logistic regression showed that NLR (OR: 1.414, P=0.0083), PLR (OR: 1.537, P=0.0065) and PLR-to-PDW (OR: 2.054, P=0.0016) were independently associated with a greater likelihood of PTC. Among the previously-examined indices, PLR had the best discriminatory performance with 73.4% sensitivity and 70.8% specificity for a > 149.6 cut-off (AUC: 0.786, P=0.0011). However, the novel ratio examined in this study, PLRto-PDW, had better predictive value to distinguish PTC cases from BTN with 78.1% sensitivity and 73.7% specificity at a > 9.11 cut-off (AUC: 0.827, P=0.0001). Conclusions: The presently proposed PLR-to-PDW ratio exhibited the highest diagnostic discriminatory power compared to other inflammatory indices, indicating a relatively better utility to distinguish cases with PTC from those with BTN. | en_US |
dc.identifier.endpage | 2827 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1943-8141 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 37193193 | en_US |
dc.identifier.startpage | 2820 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/8737 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 15 | en_US |
dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000988957300014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.wosquality | Q3 | en_US |
dc.indekslendigikaynak | Web of Science | en_US |
dc.indekslendigikaynak | PubMed | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | E-Century Publishing Corp | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | American Journal of Translational Research | en_US |
dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | en_US |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | en_US |
dc.subject | Papillary carcinoma | en_US |
dc.subject | thyroid nodule | en_US |
dc.subject | inflammation | en_US |
dc.subject | platelet -to -lymphocyte ratio | en_US |
dc.subject | platelet distribution | en_US |
dc.subject | width | en_US |
dc.title | A novel proportional index to differentiate between demographically and clinically matched cases with papillary thyroid carcinoma or non-cancerous nodule: PLR-to-PDW ratio | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |