The impact of monocyte to high-density lipoprotein ratio on reduced renal function: insights from a large population.

To investigate whether monocyte to HDL cholesterol ratio (MHR) can improve the risk stratification of reduced renal function by estimating atherosclerosis. Patients & methods: The cross-sectional study included 8159 subjects (males: 45.73%, mean age: 54.12 years) from Northeast China in 2013. Results: Each standard deviation increase of MHR brought 42.9% additional risk of reduced renal function in males. In females, MHR strongly correlated with reduced renal function before it reached a breakpoint (MHR = 0.25). Additionally, net reclassification improvement identified the value of MHR (0.199; 95% CI: 0.030-0.369; p = 0.021) to improve the risk classification of renal function reduction. Conclusion: This study implicates that MHR is independently associated with reduced renal function and can refine the risk stratification of renal function reduction.