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. 2015 Nov 3;56(11):749–755. doi: 10.4111/kju.2015.56.11.749

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients, stratified by NLR, PLR, and LMR.

Characteristic Total NLR PLR LMR
<3.89 ≥3.89 p-value <218 ≥218 p-value >1.8 ≤1.8 p-value
Age (y) 0.019* 0.164 0.008*
 <70 82 (36.3) 69 (40.6) 13 (23.2) 71 (38.4) 11 (26.8) 76 (40.0) 6 (16.7)
 ≥70 144 (63.7) 101 (59.4) 43 (76.8) 114 (61.6) 30 (73.2) 114 (60.0) 30 (83.3)
Sex 0.490 0.521 0.903
 Male 174 (77.0) 129 (75.9) 45 (80.4) 144 (77.8) 30 (73.2) 146 (76.8) 28 (77.8)
 Female 52 (23.0) 41 (24.1) 11 (19.6) 41 (22.2) 11 (26.8) 44 (23.2) 8 (22.2)
Tumour grade 0.036* 0.015* 0.003*
 G1/G2 132 (58.4) 106 (62.4) 26 (46.4) 115 (62.2) 17 (41.5) 119 (62.6) 13 (36.1)
 G3 94 (41.6) 64 (37.6) 30 (53.6) 70 (37.8) 24 (58.5) 71 (37.4) 23 (63.9)
Tumour stage 0.000* 0.000* 0.000*
 Ta/T1 175 (77.4) 146 (85.9) 29 (51.8) 153 (82.7) 22 (53.7) 156 (82.1) 19 (52.8)
 T2+ 51 (22.6) 24 (14.1) 27 (48.8) 32 (17.3) 19 (46.3) 34 (17.9) 17 (47.2)
Tumour size (cm) 0.029* 0.000* 0.002*
 <3 (small) 133 (58.8) 107 (62.9) 26 (46.4) 119 (64.3) 14 (34.1) 120 (63.2) 13 (36.1)
 ≥3 (large) 93 (41.9) 63 (37.1) 30 (53.6) 66 (35.7) 27 (65.9) 70 (36.8) 23 (63.9)
Multiplicity 0.048* 0.011* 0.627
 Solitary 149 (65.9) 106 (62.4) 43 (76.8) 115 (62.2) 34 (82.9) 124 (65.3) 25 (69.4)
 Multiple 77 (34.1) 64 (37.6) 13 (23.2) 70 (37.8) 7 (17.1) 66 (34.7) 11 (30.6)

Values are presented as number (%).

NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; LMR, lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio.

*p<0.05, statistically significant difference.