Abstract

Synergistic effect of diabetes and inflammation exists in promoting atherothrombosis and its complications, as well as potential avenues for diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic benefits in the modulation of inflammatory mechanisms in diabetic atherothrombotic disease. Recent findings suggest that elevated leukocyte count within the normal range, but especially neutrophil and monocyte counts, may be a harbinger of increased systemic inflammation and subclinical disease. NLR values have been used as an assessment tool of level of glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients.13 Its high value is a predictor of poor diabetic control. Hence this study was conducted to find correlation of hba1c and neutrophil lymphocyte ratio in type 2 diabetes mellitus as a marker of blood sugar control.

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