NLR and PLR as potential markers of disease activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis?

摘要

We read the recently published article entitled ‘Neutrophil/lymphocyte and platelet/ lymphocyte ratios as potential markers of disease activity in patients with Ankylosing spondylitis: a case-control study’ by Al-Osami MH et al. [1] with interest. In the article authors aimed to evaluate the NLR and PLR as potential markers of disease activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. At the end of the article, the authors have pointed out that there was a statistically significant difference in the NLR and PLR between the active and inactive ankylosing spondylitis patients. And they concluded that PLR may be used as a useful marker in the assessment and monitoring of disease activity in AS together with acute phase reactants such as the ESR. The availability of this parameters at no additional cost may encourage its utilization in clinical practice. We would like to thank to the authors for their comprehensive contribution.