Table 2.
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) with respect to surgical characteristics in patients operated on for Crohn’s disease
| Surgical characteristics | N (%) | NLR median (min–max) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stenosis | Yes | 280 (75.07) | 4.32 (0.02–45) | 0.1337 |
| No | 93 (24.93) | 5.2 (0.16–44.4) | ||
| Fistula | Yes | 186 (49.87) | 4.97 (0.02–45) | 0.1526 |
| No | 187 (50.13) | 4.33 (0.16–20) | ||
| Inflammatory mass | Yes | 156 (41.82) | 5.36 (0.16–30) | 0.0294 |
| No | 217 (58.18) | 4.28 (0.02–45) | ||
| Abscess | Yes | 89 (23.86) | 5.36 (0.16–30) | 0.0254 |
| No | 284 (76.14) | 4.28 (0.02–45) | ||
| Malignancy | Yes | 8 (2.14) | 9.06 (3.7143–15.444) | 0.0231 |
| No | 365 (97.86) | 4.35 (0.0209–45) | ||
| Indication for surgery | Acute | 37 (9.92) | 6.15 (0.16–29.14) | 0.0374 |
| Elective | 336 (90.08) | 4.3 (0.02–45) | ||
| Type of resection |
Simple (1 resection) |
303 (81.23) | 4.46 (0.02–45) | 0.6743 |
|
Complex (>1 resection) |
70 (18.77) | 4.25 (1.20–15.57) | ||
Data are described as N (%) or median (minimum–maximum).
NLR Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio