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Table 1 The characteristics of the 483 patients grouped by NLR and PLR

From: Preoperative platelet lymphocyte ratio (PLR) is superior to neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as a predictive factor in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

 

Cases (number, %)

NLR (number)

P value

PLR (number)

P value

<3.5

≥3.5

<150

≥150

Gender

   

0.143

  

0.473

Female

72 (14.9)

51

21

42

30

Male

411 (85.1)

254

157

221

190

Age (years)

   

0.305

  

0.804

≤60

273 (56.5)

167

106

150

123

>60

210 (43.5)

138

72

113

97

Tumor length

   

<0.001

  

<0.001

≤3

138 (28.6)

117

21

95

43

>3

345 (71.4)

188

157

168

177

Tumor location

   

0.101

  

0.561

Upper

27 (5.6)

12

15

15

12

Middle

247 (51.1)

156

91

140

107

Lower

209 (43.3)

137

72

108

101

Vessel involvement

   

0.121

  

0.729

Negative

407 (84.3)

263

144

223

184

Positive

76 (15.7)

42

34

40

36

Perineural invasion

   

0.862

  

0.882

Negative

390 (80.7)

247

143

213

177

Positive

93 (19.3)

58

35

50

43

Differentiation

   

0.021

  

0.038

Well

71 (14.7)

42

29

38

33

Moderate

323 (66.9)

217

106

187

136

Poor

89 (18.4)

46

43

38

51

Depth of invasion

   

<0.001

  

0.003

T1

87 (18.0)

81

6

63

24

T2

80 (16.6)

54

26

41

39

T3

265 (54.9)

154

111

134

131

T4

51 (10.5)

16

35

25

26

Nodal metastasis

   

<0.001

  

<0.001

Negative

274 (56.7)

199

75

169

105

Positive

209 (43.3)

106

103

94

115