Table 2.

The Association between Pretherapy Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ration and Demographic or Clinical Factors (Using Kruskal-Wallis H Test)

Characteristics	Age			Sex			Tumor stage			Nodal status			Location
		Mean rank	P		Mean rank	P		Mean rank	P		Mean rank	p		Mean rank	P
NLR	≤ 54 y	18.4	0.07	M	18.1	0.06	T2	11	0.47	N+ve	15.5	1	upper	14.8	0.87
							T3	15.2					middle	15
	> 54 y	12.6		F	12.1		T4	17.1		N-ve	15.5		lower	16.6

NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; y, years old.