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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Included Studies

From: Prognostic impact of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in gliomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Year

Country

Duration

Histology

Sample size (Femal/Male)

Age

Treatment

Sampling time

NLR Cut-off value

Outcome

NOS score

Bambury et al. [17]

2013

USA

2004-2013

glioblastoma multiforme

84 (19/65)

median 58

S+R+C

pretreatment

4

multivariate

7

Han et al. [18]

2015

China

2010-2014

glioblastoma

152 (57/95)

mean 50

NR

pretreatment

4

multivariate

6

Auezova et al. [19]

2016

Russia

2009-2012

gliomas

178 (85/93)

mean 41

NR

pretreatment

4

univariate

5

S.S.Q. et al. [29]

2017

Singapore

NR

glioblastoma

58 (NR)

NR

NR

perioperative

2.5

multivariate

5

Kaya et al. [20]

2017

Turkey

2011-2015

glioblastoma

90 (NR)

mean 55

S+R+C

pretreatment

5

multivariate

5

Lopes et al. [21]

2017

Portugal

2005-2013

glioblastoma multiforme

140 (42/98)

mean 62

S+C

pretreatment

5

multivariate

5

Matthew et al. [22]

2017

Canada

2004-2010

glioblastoma

369 (131/238)

median 55

S+R+C

postoperative

7.5

multivariate

5

Wang et al. [23]

2017

China

2009-2014

glioblastoma

166 (70/96)

mean 52

NR

pretreatment

4

multivariate

5

Wiencke et al. [24]

2017

USA

NR

glioma (grade II-IV)

72 (20/52)

median 47

NR

postoperative

4

multivariate

5

Bao et al. [28]

2018

China

2012-2017

glioma

219 (95/124)

NR

NR

pretreatment

2.5

multivariate

6

Wang et al. [25]

2018

China

2010-2013

glioma (grade I-IV)

112 (42/70)

mean 50

NR

pretreatment

4

multivariate

6

Weng et al. [26]

2018

China

2011-2014

glioblastoma

105 (52/53)

NR

S+R+C

pretreatment

4

multivariate

5

Yersal et al. [27]

2018

Turkey

2012-2017

glioblastoma

80 (41/39)

mean 56

S+R+C

pretreatment

4

univariate

5

Hao et al. [31]

2019

China

2012-2017

glioblastoma multiforme

187 (71/116)

mean 55

NR

NR

4.1

univariate

6

Yang et al. [30]

2019

China

2008-2012

glioblastoma multiforme

128 (57/71)

mean 55

S+R+C

NR

2.8

multivariate

5

Gan et al. [32]

2019

China

2014-2018

glioma (grade III-IV )

135 (46/89)

Mean70

S+R+C

pretreatment

3

multivariate

5

  1. NR Not reported, S Surgery, R Radioation, C Chemotherapy, NOS Newcastle Ottawa Scale