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. 2018 Jul 26;13(7):e0200936. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200936

Table 3. Univariate Cox regression analysis of preoperative inflammatory markers and peripheral blood cell counts.

Variables Disease-specific survival Disease-free survival
Hazard ratio (95% CI) Relative risk P value Hazard ratio (95% CI) Relative risk P value
NLR 1.154–1.391 1.267 <0.001 1.081–1.287 1.180 <0.001
dNLR 1.115–3.079 1.853 0.017 1.057–1.423 1.226 0.007
PLR 1.001–1.002 1.001 <0.001 1.001–1.002 1.001 <0.001
LMR 1.001–1.032 1.016 0.034 0.993–1.026 1.009 0.278
Lymphocyte count (109 cells/L) 0.267–0.619 0.406 <0.001 0.460–0.850 0.625 0.003
Neutrophil count (109 cells/L) 0.849–1.159 0.992 0.917 0.905–1.135 1.013 0.818
Platelet count (109 cells/L) 0.997–1.006 1.001 0.516 0.997–1.003 1.000 0.932
Monocyte count (109 cells/L) 0.031–1.380 0.211 0.104 0.103–1.438 0386 0.156

NLR, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; dNLR, derived neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-lymphocyte ratio; LMR, lymphocyte-monocyte ratio