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. 2015 Oct 2;15:648. doi: 10.1186/s12885-015-1654-6

Table 2.

Clinical-pathological characteristics of soft tissue sarcoma patient

Overall population N (%) PLR NLR
<133.915 ≥133.915 P <2.5 ≥2.5 P
N = 146 N = 76 N = 160 N = 62
Age at operation(years) 0.091 0.067
<65 205(92.3) 138(94.5) 67(88.2) 151(94.4) 54(87.1)
≥65 17(7.7) 8(5.5) 9(11.8) 9(5.6) 8(12.9)
Gender 0.02 0.206
Female 96(43.2) 55(37.7) 41(53.9) 65(40.6) 31(50.0)
Male 126(56.8) 91(62.3) 35(46.1) 95(59.4) 31(50.0)
Performance status 0.002 <0.001
0 ~ 1 173(77.9) 123(84.2) 50(65.8) 137(85.6) 35(58.1)
≥2 49(22.1) 23(15.8) 26(34.2) 23(14.4) 26(41.9)
Diabetes mellitus 0.013 0.067
Yes 4(1.8) 0(0) 4(5.3) 1(0.6) 3(4.8)
No 218(98.2) 146(100.0) 72(94.7) 159(99.4) 59(95.2)
Cardiopulmonary disease 1.000 1.000
Yes 12(5.4) 8(5.5) 4(5.3) 9(5.6) 3(4.8)
No 210(94.6) 138(94.5) 72(94.7) 151(94.4) 59(95.2)
Ever smoked 0.003 0.300
Yes 34(15.3) 30(20.5) 4(5.3) 27(16.9) 7(11.3)
No 188(84.7) 116(79.5) 72(94.7) 133(83.1) 55(88.7)
Tumor depth 0.024 0.001
Superficial 87(39.2) 65(44.5) 22(28.9) 74(46.3) 13(21.0)
Deep 135(60.8) 81(55.5) 54(71.1) 86(53.8) 49(79.0)
Tumor grade 0.028 0.047
G1 65(29.3) 50(34.2) 15(19.7) 55(34.4) 10(16.1)
G2 99(44.6) 65(44.5) 34(44.7) 67(41.9) 32(51.6)
G3 36(16.2) 17(11.6) 19(25.0) 23(14.4) 13(21.0)
Unknown 22(9.9) 14(9.6) 8(10.5) 15(9.4) 7(11.3)
Tumor size 0.005 <0.001
<5 cm 105(47.3) 79(54.1) 26(34.2) 88(55.0) 17(27.4)
≥5 cm 117(52.7) 67(45.9) 50(65.8) 72(45.0) 45(72.6)
Tumor site 0.282 0.002
Upper extremity 21(9.5) 11(7.5) 10(13.2) 18(11.3) 3(4.8)
Lower extremity 60(27.0) 41(28.1) 19(25.0) 46(28.8) 14(22.6)
Thoracic/trunk 77(34.7) 54(37.0) 23(30.3) 62(38.8) 15(24.2)
Intra-abdomina 35(15.8) 19(13.0) 16(21.1) 17(10.6) 18(29.0)
Head-neck 29(13.1) 21(14.4) 8(10.5) 17(10.6) 12(19.4)
AJCC stage 0.056 0.002
IA + IB 68(30.6) 52(35.6) 16(21.1) 57(35.6) 11(17.7)
IIA + IIB 107(48.2) 68(46.6) 9(51.3) 77(48.1) 30(48.4)
III + IV 34(15.3) 17(11.6) 17(22.4) 16(10.0) 18(29.0)
Unknown 13(5.9) 9(6.2) 4(5.3) 10(6.3) 3(4.8)

Bold print indicates statistical significance