Peripheral complete blood cell count indices and serum lipid levels in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

ABSTRACT

Clinical relevance

Systemic inflammation factors (e.g. white blood cells and neutrophils), high level of triglyceride and high neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio have significant associations with the risk of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV).

Background

This study aimed to investigate associations of complete blood cell count-derived indicators and serum lipid levels with PCV.

Methods

Forty-eight patients with PCV and 54 age- and gender-matched control group participants were included in the study. Records of demographic characteristics and the results of ophthalmic examinations and haematologic parameters for the participants were collected retrospectively. Blood cell count-derived indicators and serum lipid levels were calculated and were compared between the two groups.

Results

The PCV group had higher white blood cell, neutrophils, triglyceride, and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio levels and lower mean corpuscular volume level, compared with the control group (P = 0.002, P < 0.001, P = 0.003, P = 0.002, and P = 0.027, respectively). White blood cell, neutrophil, triglyceride, and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio were independent risk factors for PCV (odds ratio [OR] = 1.668, 2.324, 2.846, and 2.543, respectively; P = 0.003, P = 0.001, P = 0.005, and P = 0.004, respectively). Mean corpuscular volume was an independent protective factor against PCV (OR = 0.902; P = 0.031). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed that the area under the curve values for white blood cell, neutrophil, triglyceride, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, and mean corpuscular volume was 0.656, 0.687, 0.660, 0.659, and 0.633, respectively (P< 0.05, respectively). The combined area under the curve value was 0.772 (P < 0.001).

Conclusions

White blood cells, neutrophils, triglycerides, and the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio were the risk factors for PCV. Mean corpuscular volume was a protective factor against PCV. These results suggested that the combination of white blood cells, neutrophils, triglyceride, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, and mean corpuscular volume can be used to predict PCV.

KEYWORDS:

• Inflammation
• mean corpuscular volume
• neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio
• polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
• serum lipid levels
• white blood cells
• neutrophils

Acknowledgements

The authors thank their colleagues for their participation in this study. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [81970792, 8217040571 and 81800832] and the Medical Science and Technology Project of the Health Commission of Henan Province [YXKC2020026].

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, Xuemin Jin and Liping Du, upon reasonable request.

Additional information

Funding

The funding needs change to: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [81970792, and 82171040] and the Medical Scienceand Technology Project of the Health Commission of Henan Province [YXKC2020026].