Predictors of stroke-associated pneumonia and the predictive value of neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio

ABSTRACT Background Early recognition of stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) is critical to reducing morbidity and mortality associated with SAP. This study investigated the predictors of SAP, and the predictive value of the neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio (NPAR) for SAP. Methods This retrospective cohort study was conducted among stroke patients admitted to Jordan University Hospital from January 2015 to May 2021. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify independent predictors for SAP. The predictive performance was assessed using C-statistics, described as the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC, ROC) with a 95% confidence interval. Results Four hundred and six patients were included in the analysis, and the prevalence of SAP was 19.7%. Multivariable logistic analysis showed that males (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR): 5.74; 95% Confidence Interval (95%CI): 2.04–1 6.1)], dysphagia (AOR: 5.29; 95% CI: 1.80–15.5), hemiparesis (AOR: 3.27; 95% CI: 1.13–9.47), lower GCS score (AOR: 0.73; 95% CI: 0.58–0.91), higher levels of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) (AOR: 1.15; 95% CI: 1.07–1.24), monocyte-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) (AOR: 1.49; 95% CI: 1.13–1.96), and neutrophil percentage to albumin ratio (NPAR) (AOR: 1.53; 95% CI: 1.33–1.76) were independent predictors of SAP. The NPAR demonstrated a significantly higher AUC than both the NLR (0.939 versus 0.865, Z = 3.169, p = 0.002) and MLR (0.939 versus 0.842, Z = 3.940, p < 0.001). The AUCs of the NLR and MLR were comparable (0.865 versus 0.842, Z = 1.274, p = 0.203). Conclusion Male gender, dysphagia and hemiparesis were the strongest predictors of SAP, and NPAR has an excellent performance in predicting SAP which was better than high NLR and MLR.

• Publication year

  2023

• Venue

  Postgraduate medicine

• Publication date

  2023-09-27

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1080/00325481.2023.2261354PMID 37756038
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