Reply to the letter to the editor by satvinder singh bakshi concerning: Is neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio associated with the severity of allergic rhinitis in children?

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We would like to thank the author of the letter for contributing valuable comments to our article entitled ‘‘Is neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio associated with the severity of allergic rhinitis in children?’’ [1]. However, we think that the author has missed some points. First, all patients with any chronic disease were not enrolled in the trial as specified in the materials-method section of the article. This includes patients with Bell’s palsy, chronic tonsillitis and hearing loss. Second, regarding the relationship between the age, body mass index (BMI) and neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR), our trial was written in February 2015, submitted to the journal on June 28, 2015 and accepted on October 24. The publication date of the reference source is November 2015 [2]. Moreover, there were no differences in terms of age between groups in our trial. There is no consensus about NLR and BMI relationship within the literature. There are also publications in which no relationship has been detected between BMI and NLR.