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Table 1 Associations of patient characteristics with the postoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR)

From: The preoperative and the postoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratios both predict prognosis in gastric cancer patients

Factors

NLR

P value

LNLR (n = 875) (%)

HNLR (n = 352) (%)

 

Age in years, (mean ± SD)

57.5 ± 11.7

60.8 ± 11.7

< 0.001

Gender

  

0.021

 Male

561 (64.1)

250 (71.0)

 

 Female

314 (35.9)

102 (29.0)

Approach method

  

0.636

 Open

546 (62.4)

217 (61.7)

 

 Laparoscopy

310 (35.4)

120 (36.9)

 Robot

19 (2.2)

5 (1.4)

 

Extent of resection

  

0.173

 Partial gastrectomy

646 (73.8)

273 (77.6)

 

 Total gastrectomy

229 (26.2)

79 (22.4)

Histologic type

  

0.002

 Differentiated

388 (44.3)

190 (54.0)

 

 Undifferentiated

487 (55.7)

162 (46.0)

Depth of invasiona

  

0.428

 T1

544 (62.2)

219 (62.2)

 

 T2

87 (9.9)

45 (12.8)

 T3

119 (13.6)

41 (11.7)

 T4

125 (14.3)

47 (13.3)

Node statusa

  

0.141

 N0

588 (67.2)

241 (68.5)

 

 N1

119 (13.6)

35 (9.9)

 N2

89 (10.2)

33 (9.4)

 N3

79 (9.0)

43 (12.2)

Stagea

  

0.282

 I

567 (64.8)

237 (67.3)

 

 II

157 (17.9)

50 (14.2)

 III

151 (17.3)

65 (18.5)

Adjuvant chemotherapy

  

0.024

 No

602 (68.8)

265 (75.3)

 

 Yes

273 (31.2)

87 (24.7)

 
  1. SD standard deviation
  2. aAccording to the AJCC TNM classification, 7th edition