Table 5.
Tumor characteristics by NLR group for the subset of cases with cancer data
| Tumor Characteristic | Low NLR N=5,109 |
High NLR N=1,479 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage at Diagnosis, No. (%) | <0.001 | ||
| I | 1,181 (23.1) | 178 (12.0) | |
| II | 630 (12.3) | 175 (11.8) | |
| III | 735 (14.4) | 159 (10.8) | |
| IV | 1,995 (39.1) | 819 (55.4) | |
| Missing | 568 (11.1) | 148 (10.0) | |
| Clinical T Classification, No. (%) | <0.001 | ||
| 1 | 1,415 (27.7) | 260 (17.6) | |
| 2 | 1,280 (25.1) | 396 (26.8) | |
| 3 | 584 (11.5) | 258 (17.4) | |
| 4 | 618 (12.1) | 292 (19.7) | |
| Missing | 1,211 (23.7) | 273 (18.5) | |
| Clinical N Classification, No. (%) | <0.001 | ||
| 0 | 2,396 (46.9) | 534 (36.1) | |
| 1 | 627 (12.3) | 139 (9.4) | |
| 2 | 1,061 (20.8) | 515 (34.8) | |
| 3 | 95 (1.9) | 65 (4.4) | |
| Missing | 930 (18.2) | 226 (15.3) |
Abbreviations: NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio