Table 1.
General characteristics of patients according to NLR groups
| Variables | Low-NLR group (n=56)
|
High-NLR group (n=73)
|
χ2 value | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case, n (%) | Case, n (%) | |||
| Sex | 1.350 | 0.245 | ||
| Male | 40 (71.4) | 45 (61.6) | ||
| Female | 16 (28.6) | 28 (38.4) | ||
| Age* (years) | 0.034 | 0.853 | ||
| <60 | 27 (48.2) | 34 (46.6) | ||
| ≥60 | 29 (51.8) | 39 (53.4) | ||
| Histology | 0.252 | 0.615 | ||
| SCCE | 36 (64.3) | 50 (68.5) | ||
| With squamous cell carcinoma | 20 (35.7) | 23 (31.5) | ||
| Tumor stage | 0.046 | 0.977 | ||
| T1 | 13 (23.2) | 18 (24.7) | ||
| T2 | 16 (28.6) | 21 (28.8) | ||
| T3 | 27 (48.2) | 34 (46.5) | ||
| Tumor location | 0.120 | 0.942 | ||
| Upper | 3 (5.4) | 3 (4.1) | ||
| Middle | 45 (80.4) | 59 (80.8) | ||
| Lower | 8 (14.2) | 11 (15.1) | ||
| Nodal metastasis | 3.900 | 0.272 | ||
| N0 | 37 (66.1) | 47 (64.4) | ||
| N1 | 13 (23.2) | 21 (28.8) | ||
| N2 | 6 (10.7) | 3 (4.1) | ||
| N3 | 0 (0) | 2 (2.7) | ||
| TNM stage | 1.687 | 0.430 | ||
| I | 19 (33.9) | 29 (39.7) | ||
| II | 27 (48.2) | 27 (37.0) | ||
| III | 10 (17.9) | 17 (23.3) | ||
| Perineural invasion | 1.385 | 0.239 | ||
| Negative | 52 (92.9) | 71 (97.3) | ||
| Positive | 4 (7.1) | 2 (2.7) | ||
| Vessel involvement | 1.558 | 0.212 | ||
| Negative | 56 (100) | 71 (97.3) | ||
| Positive | 0 (0) | 2 (2.7) |
Note:
*
Mean age.
Abbreviations: NLR, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio; SCCE, small-cell carcinoma of the esophagus.