Table 4 Five-year overall survival based on tumor stage and the postoperative NLR
Stage I | Stage II | Stage III | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 5-YSR (%) | Number | 5-YSR (%) | Number | 5-YSR (%) | |
NLR | ||||||
LNLR | 875 | 97.5 | 567 | 88.5 | 157 | 67.6 |
HNLR | 352 | 92.0 | 237 | 82.0 | 50 | 50.8 |
P value | 0.000 | 0.241 | 0.006 | |||
NLR change | ||||||
LL (preoperative NLR < 2, postoperative NLR < 1.7) | 416 | 97.1 | 87 | 85.1 | 80 | 73.8 |
LH (preoperative NLR < 2, postoperative NLR ≥ 1.7) | 93 | 93.6 | 14 | 100.0 | 16 | 56.3 |
HL (preoperative NLR ≥ 2, postoperative NLR < 1.7) | 150 | 98.7 | 68 | 92.7 | 71 | 60.6 |
HH (preoperative NLR ≥ 2, postoperative NLR ≥ 1.7) | 144 | 91.0 | 36 | 75.0 | 49 | 49.0 |
P value | 0.002 | 0.034 | 0.011 | |||