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Fig. 2

From: Predicting the risk of pulmonary tuberculosis based on the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio at TB screening in HIV-infected individuals

Fig. 2

Multiple-adjusted hazard ratio and 95% confidence intervals for TB development associated with neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NL ratio). Hazard ratio of TB development with NL ratio adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, year of registration, CD4 counts, ART, TST results, abnormal chest x-ray, and TB symptoms. The straight line shows the adjusted hazard ratio and the dashed line shows the 95% confidence intervals from the restricted cubic spline model. NL ratio was trancated at the 1st and 99th percentile (0.41 and 10, respectively). The median of NL ratio (1.65) was used as a reference. The gray straight line shows the threshold value (NL ratio = 2)

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