Table 2.

Associations of NLR and CRP/Alb ratio with clinicopathological factors of 198 patient with SCC

Characteristic	NLR, n		p value	CRP/Alb ratio, n		p value
	≤ 1.60	> 1.60		≤ 0.022	> 0.022
Age(years)			0.343			< 0.001*
< 44	31	49		43	37
≥ 44	38	80		33	85
FIGO stages			0.699			< 0.001*
Ⅰ	45	76		62	59
Ⅱ	21	45		14	52
Ⅲand Ⅳ	3	8		0	11
Histologic grade			0.741			0.892
G1/G2	32	63		36	59
G3	37	66		40	63
Tumor size, cm			0.240			0.461
< 4	55	93		59	89
≥ 4	14	36		17	33
LN metastasis			0.551			0.275
No	57	102		64	95
Yes	12	27		12	27
Treatments			0.030*			0.027*
Surgery alone	19	20		21	18
Surger and chemotherapy and(or) radiotherapy	46	89		50	85
Chemotherapy and(or) radiotherapy	4	20		5	19
SCC-Ag			0.028*			< 0.001*
≤ 1.5	46	65		58	53
>1.5	23	64		18	69

p values were calculated by Chi-Square ( χ2 test) or Fisher's exact test, * p < 0.05 considered as statistically significant.

Abbreviations: FIGO International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, LN lymph node, NLR the neutrophil lymphocyte ratio, CRP/Alb the C-reactive protein/Albumin ratio, SCC-Ag squamous cell carcinoma -related antigen.