Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in patients with white-coat hypertension

Introduction: White coat hypertension (WCH), a distinct phenotype of hypertension, is defined as elevated office blood pressure (BP) measurements during repeat visits with normal out-of-office BP measurements. The association WCH cardiovascular risk remains unclear; however, current data support an between untreated and the for events, mortality, all-cause mortality. Increased inflammatory processes may explain underlying pathophysiology increased events in WCH; therefore, we evaluated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) patients compared matched normotensive controls. 
 Material Method: Forty-five eligible subjects 45 age, sex, BMI healthy were included study. assessed by arterial 24-hour ambulatory An automated count analyzer measured NLR values. Results: mean patients-with-WCH group was significantly higher than that control (2.67±0.27 vs. 2.46±0.34, p