title: Usefulness of the lymphocyte concentration as a prognostic marker in coronary artery disease.
abstract: The prognostic utility of the relative lymphocyte concentration was tested in a population-based study of chronic coronary artery disease. This inexpensive, readily available test was found to be significantly related to survival (p = 0.03) in 211 patients followed for a mean of 45 months.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ommen
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gibbons
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Hodge
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers