Table 2.

Associations between peripheral blood cell count test or histologic inflammation scores and overall survival in the training cohort

Variables	n	%	5-year OS	P *	HR	95% CI
Complete blood count
White blood cell, No.				0.32
Low (≤7)	125	39	62%		ref.
High (>7)	194	61	55%		1.17	(0.86 – 1.59)
Neutrophil, %				0.26
Low (≤77)	264	83	60%		ref.
High (>77)	55	17	45%		1.24	(0.85 – 1.79)
Neutrophil, No.				0.92
Low (≤4)	84	26	57%		ref.
High (>4)	235	74	58%		1.02	(0.72 – 1.43)
Lymphocyte, %				0.005
Low (≤15)	71	22	38%		ref.
High (>15)	248	78	63%		0.62	(0.45 – 0.87)
Lymphocyte, No.				0.26
Low (≤2)	257	81	55%		ref.
High (>2)	62	19	69%		0.80	(0.54 – 1.18)
Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio				0.001
Low (≤5.5)	266	83	62%		ref.
High (>5.5)	53	17	34%		1.82	(1.26 – 2.62)
Histologic inflammation scores
Acute inflammation, %				0.013
Low (<5%)	212	64	60%		ref.
High (≥5%)	119	36	53%		1.46	(1.08 – 1.97)
Chronic inflammation, %				0.71
Low (<10%)	196	59	59%		ref.
High (≥10%)	135	41	56%		1.06	(0.79 – 1.42)
Lymph follicles, No.				0.041
Low (<5)	188	57	62%		ref.
High (≥5)	143	43	52%		1.35	(1.01 – 1.81)

^*P-values adjusting for pathologic stage. Significant P-values are shown in bold.

OS, overall survival; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval