20 May 2023>: Clinical Research
Association Among Complete Blood Count Parameters, Bone Mineral Density, and Cobb Angle in Cases of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Mehmet Murat Bala 1ABCDEFG* , Keziban Aslı Bala 2ABCDEFGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.940355
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e940355
Table 2 Correlation analysis between DXA Z scores and hemogram parameters according to severity of scoliosis.
Hemogram parameters | COBB angle degrees | |||||
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<10 | 10–20 | 21–35 | ||||
r | p | r | p | r | p | |
NLR | 0.039 | 0.709 | −0.040 | 0.736 | 0.814 | |
MLR | 0.021 | 0.837 | −0.090 | 0.453 | 0.544 | |
PLR | 0.097 | 0.346 | 0.324 | 0.714 | ||
r: Pearson’ correlation coefficient. Bold p-values indicate statistical significance at α=0.05. NLR – neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; MLR – monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR – platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio. |