Can NLR, PLR, and LMR be used as prognostic indicators in patients with pulmonary embolism? Author's reply on commentary COMMENT

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We appreciate the comments made by Dr. Bedel et al. NLR, PLR, and LMR are affected by various diseases such as oncological, collagen tissue, inflammatory, or severe renal/liver diseases [1]. Due to this, we have listed some of the dis-orders mentioned above in the tables. Hematological diseases, collagen tissue disease, inflammatory diseases, congenital heart disease, or severe renal/liver disease were excluded from the study. However, the presence of malignancy did not affect our results in the regression analysis.