Mid-arm muscle circumference: A significant factor of all-cause and cancer mortalities in individuals with elevated platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio

Pi-Kai Chang; Wei-Liang Chen; Li-Wei Wu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208750

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Mid-arm muscle circumference: A significant factor of all-cause and cancer mortalities in individuals with elevated platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio

Pi-Kai Chang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Wei-Liang Chen,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Family Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Li-Wei Wu

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: bigmouth0825@hotmail.com

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Family Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4744-7646

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Mid-arm muscle circumference: A significant factor of all-cause and cancer mortalities in individuals with elevated platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio

Pi-Kai Chang,
Wei-Liang Chen,
Li-Wei Wu

Published: December 13, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208750

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