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. 2019 Jun 13;8(9):4135–4148. doi: 10.1002/cam4.2281

Table 4.

Assessment for publication bias

  Number of estimate Z value P for Begg's test t P for Egger's test
NLR for OS 28 1.10 0.272 1.74 0.096
NLR for DFS 27 1.66 0.097 1.20 0.241
PLR for OS 12 1.03 0.304 1.31 0.220
PLR for DFS 11 1.40 0.161 1.38 0.202

Abbreviations: DFS, disease‐free survival; NLR, neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio; OS, overall survival; PLR, platelet‐to‐lymphocyte ratio.