Table 3.

Alteration in neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in different N categories of cancers (n = 169*)

N categories of cancers	NLR	PLR
N0 (96)	2.55 ± 1.34	106.49 ± 52.28
N1 (39)	2.96 ± 2.39	117.39 ± 67.75
N2 (29)	2.87 ± 1.48	117.11 ± 45.41
N3 (5)	4.95 ± 4.38	188.42 ± 150.14
p value	0.027	0.025

*One case of malignant melanoma of external auditory canal, has been excluded from this category