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. 2023 Mar 20;15(6):1869. doi: 10.3390/cancers15061869

Table 3.

Association of systemic indices with prostate cancer-specific mortality in men with prostate cancer.

All Cases African American European American P Heterogeneity
NLR Alive N (%) Dead N (%) * HR (95% CI) Alive N (%) Dead N (%) * HR (95% CI) Alive N (%) Dead N (%) * HR (95% CI)
Low ≤ 2.9 305 (71) 20 (50) Ref 194 (80) 16 (64) Ref 111 (59) 4 (27) Ref
High > 2.9 126 (29) 20 (50) 2.56 (1.25–5.25) 48 (20) 9 (36) 2.96 (1.10–7.98) 78 (41) 11 (73) 2.43 (0.57–10.42) <0.01
Continuous 1.51 (1.05–2.18) 1.40 (0.89–2.22) 1.84 (0.94–3.59)
PLR
Low ≤133.7 219 (51) 14 (35) Ref 126 (52) 10 (40) Ref 93 (49) 4 (27) Ref
High >133.7 211 (49) 26 (65) 1.55 (0.74–3.27) 115 (48) 15 (60) 1.75 (0.65–4.74) 96 (51) 11 (73) 1.87 (0.41–8.49)
Continuous 1.11 (0.68–1.81) 0.89 (0.44–1.80) 1.47 (0.71–3.05)
SII
Low ≤430.8 184 (43) 9 (22) Ref 124 (51) 8 (32) Ref 60 (32) 1 (7) Ref
High >430.8 246 (57) 31 (78) 3.13 (1.37–7.16) 117 (49) 17 (68) 2.63 (1.0–6.97) 129 (68) 14 (93) 11.63 (1.03–131.02)
Continuous 1.34 (0.96–1.87) 1.14 (0.77–1.68) 1.77 (1.00–3.13)
SIRI
Low ≤0.9 171 (40) 8 (21) Ref 123 (51) 8 (33) Ref 48 (26) Ref
High >0.9 259 (60) 31 (79) 3.24 (1.31–8.06) 119 (49) 16 (67) 3.19 (1.12–9.04) 140 (74) 15 (100) Not enough cases
Continuous 1.43 (1.11–1.84) 1.58 (1.11–2.25) 1.32 (0.84–2.08)

* Unconditional Cox regression adjusted for age at study entry, self-reported race (not included in stratified analysis), BMI (kg/m2), aspirin use (no/yes), smoking history (never, former, current), diabetes (no/yes), education (high school or less, some college, college, professional school), family history of prostate cancer (first-degree relatives, no/yes), and treatment (0 = none, 1 = surgery, 2 = radiation, 3 = hormone, 4 = combination), disease stage (1 = stage I, 2 = stage IIA and IIB, 3 = stage III, 4 = stage IV), Gleason score (0 = Gleason ≤ 7 and 1 = Gleason > 7). CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio.