Research Article

The Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index May Predict the Coronary Slow Flow Better Than High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Patients Undergoing Elective Coronary Angiography

Table 2

Angiographic characteristics and laboratory results of the patients with coronary slow and normal coronary flow.

VariableAll patients (n = 197)CSF (n = 105)Normal coronary flow (n = 92) value

Coronary flow rate, frame counts
 Corrected TFC of LAD artery30.2 ± 10.639.3 ± 4.919.9 ± 2.9<0.001
 TFC of Cx artery28.6 ± 9.136.2 ± 4.720.1 ± 3.1<0.001
 TFC of RCA28.3 ± 9.936.6 ± 5.518.9 ± 2.2<0.001
 Mean TFC29.1 ± 9.337.4 ± 3.219.6 ± 1.6<0.001

Laboratory findings
 eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m294.7 ± 24.893.6 ± 15.795.9 ± 36.20.514
 Hemoglobin, g/dl13.9 ± 1.713.9 ± 1.813.8 ± 1.60.270
 LDL cholesterol, mg/dl142.7 ± 30.4149.6 ± 34.9134.7 ± 21.60.001
 Neutrophil count, (×103/ml)6.99 ± 3.909.01 ± 4.174.69 ± 1.72<0.001
 Lymphocyte count, (×103/ml)2.08 ± 0.821.75 ± 0.712.47 ± 0.77<0.001
 Platelet count, (×103/ml)228 ± 73267 ± 72184 ± 44<0.001
 PLR, median (IQR)106 (74–154)150 (112–232)75 (59–101)<0.001
 NLR, median (IQR)2.78 (1.86–5.06)4.69 (3.34–7.89)1.86 (1.45–2.23)<0.001
 hsCRP, mg/dl, median (IQR)1.9 (1.1–5.7)4.4 (1.5–11.0)1.1 (0.8–2.2)<0.001
 SII, (×103/ml), median (IQR)748 (443–1388)1313 (773–2066)539 (254–914)<0.001

CSF, coronary slow flow; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; IQR, interquartile range; LAD, left anterior descending; Cx, circumflex; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; RCA, right coronary artery; SII, systemic immune-inflammation index; TFC, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count.