Table 4.

Predictive factors in pretreatment peripheral blood regarding the effectiveness of NACRT (≥grade 2)

	Number	Chi-square	p value of univariate analysis
Leukocyte count	<8000/mm3	0.549	0.459
	≥8000/mm3
Rate of neutrophil	<70 %	9.189	0.002
	≥70 %
Rate of lymphocyte	≥20 %	2.770	0.096
	<20 %
NLR score	<3.0	4.070	0.044
	≥3.0
Hemoglobin level	≥11 g/dl	1.333	0.248
	<11 g/dl
Albumin level	≥3.5 g/ml	0.395	0.530
	<3.5 g/ml
Platelet count	<300,000/μl	0.713	0.398
	≥300,000/μl
CEA score	<10 ng/ml	0.021	0.886
	≥10 ng/ml

Yates chi-square test

NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, CEA carcinoembryonic antigen