Table 3.
Comparison between PP-NLR groups
| Factor | Group | PP-NLR(0） (n = 36） |
PP-NLR(1） (n = 31） |
PP-NLR(2） (n = 41） |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years (x ± s） | 56.73 ± 9.192 | 55.25 ± 10.402 | 57.23 ± 8.338 | 57.66 ± 8.728 | 0.491 |
| BMI, kg/m2 (median(Interquartile range)） | 24.5150 (4.77) | 25.4450 (4.13) | 23.9200 (5.08) | 24.3500 (4.70) | 0.258 |
| Gender | Male | 26 | 20 | 33 | 0.314 |
| Female | 10 | 11 | 8 | ||
| Number of lesions | Multiple | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0.149 |
| Single | 32 | 24 | 29 | ||
| Maximum diameter of lesions, mm | ≥20 | 32 | 23 | 34 | 0.287 |
| ＜20 | 4 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Liver cirrhosis history | yes | 30 | 29 | 37 | 0.390 |
| no | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Drinking history | Yes | 4 | 6 | 11 | 0.221 |
| No | 32 | 25 | 30 | ||
| AFP, ng/ml | ≥400 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0.927 |
| ＜400 | 31 | 26 | 34 | ||
| Child-pugh grades | A | 32 | 30 | 38 | 0.470 |
| B | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| ALT, U/L | ≥40 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0.036 |
| ＜40 | 20 | 26 | 30 | ||
| AST, U/L | ≥40 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 0.091 |
| ＜40 | 23 | 27 | 31 | ||
| TBIL, μmol/L | ≥34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.109 |
| ＜34 | 36 | 31 | 38 | ||
| ALB, G/L | ≥35 | 26 | 25 | 36 | 0.226 |
| ＜35 | 10 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Pre-operative leukocytes, x109/L (median(Interquartile range)） | 4.8250 (2.24) | 4.3700 (1.86) | 4.8800 (1.62) | 5.3000 (2.79) | 0.251 |
| Post-operative leukocytes, x109/L (median(Interquartile range)） | 6.7150 (2.73) | 6.4050 (2.12) | 5.8900 (2.93) | 7.3100 (3.27) | 0.023 |
| Pre-operative lymphocyte, x109/L s (median(Interquartile range)） | 1.5450 (0.89) | 1.7850 (0.69) | 1.4800 (0.95) | 1.4200 (0.96) | 0.079 |
| Post-operative lymphocytes, x109/L (median(Interquartile range)） | 1.0900 (0.63) | 1.3850 (0.61) | 1.1400 (0.77) | 0.8300 (0.32) | 0.000 |
| Pre-operative neutrophils, x109/L (median(Interquartile range)） | 2.5420 (2.02) | 1.9541 (0.97) | 2.6432 (1.96) | 3.7346 (2.52) | 0.000 |
| Post-operative neutrophils, x109/L (median(Interquartile range)） | 4.7400 (2.20) | 3.8300 (1.72) | 4.5700 (2.08) | 5.5200 (2.88) | 0.000 |
AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; ALB, albumin; ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transaminase; BMI, body mass index; NLR, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; TBIL, total bilirubin.
Notes：The data are presented as a median(Interquartile range) or mean ± standard deviation. All other data are represented by n. One-way ANOVA and Kruskal–Wallis test were used to calculate p-value between three groups.