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. 2020 Jun 30;24(15):8326–8349. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.15097

Table 4.

Effects of clinical parameters and hemograms on the radiation stomatitis and skin pigmentation after radiotherapy in NPC patients (n = 507)

Variables n Radiation stomatitis Skin pigmentation after radiotherapy
OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P
Sex 1.211 0.740‐1.984 .446 0.942 0.576‐1.540 .811
Male 386 Ref. Ref.
Female 121
Age 0.656 0.416‐1.036 .070 1.656 1.027‐2.671 .039
<60 389 Ref. Ref.
≥60 118
T .258 .348
T1 62 Ref. Ref.
T2 149 1.666 0.845‐3.285 .141 0.728 0.362‐1.464 .373
T3 151 1.869 0.931‐3.750 .078 1.176 0.573‐2.415 .658
T4 145 1.306 0.652‐2.613 .451 0.910 0.444‐1.865 .797
N .645 .454
N0 40 Ref. Ref.
N1 84 0.804 0.343‐1.885 .616 0.846 0.332‐2.157 .726
N2 305 0.966 0.448‐2.082 .929 0.643 0.277‐1.491 .303
N3 78 0.676 0.275‐1.664 .394 0.936 0.354‐2.476 .894
M 1.503 0.789‐2.862 .215 1.263 0.654‐2.439 .487
M0 436 Ref. Ref.
M1 71
Histology .389 .699
Keratinizing* 12 Ref. Ref.
Non‐Keratinizing# 479 0.913 0.233‐3.585 .897 1.398 0.394‐4.967 .604
Unknown 16 2.192 0.354‐13.578 .399 0.948 0.181‐4.947 .949
SIRI 0.545 0.294‐1.010 .054 1.213 0.618‐2.383 .574
<1.529 367 Ref. Ref.
≥1.529 140
NLR 1.798 0.904‐3.578 .095 1.200 0.533‐2.705 .659
<3.441 377 Ref. Ref.
≥3.441 130
SII 0.785 0.356‐1.730 .548 0.862 0.385‐1.929 .718
<715.739 384 Ref. Ref.
≥715.739 123
PLR 1.341 0.570‐3.158 .501 3.379 1.696‐6.731 .001
<245.496 442 Ref. Ref.
≥245.496 65
WBC .229 .082
Normal 341 Ref. Ref.
Low 146 0.603 0.286‐1.268 .182 0.743 0.349‐1.584 .442
High 20 3.175 0.468‐21.537 .237 8.051 1.209‐53.639 .031
RBC .201 .282
Normal 324 Ref. Ref.
Low 178 1.597 0.860‐2.964 0.138 1.667 0.888‐3.126 .112
High 5 0.277 0.027‐2.884 0.283 1.026E+09 0‐ .999
HGB 0.537 0.357‐0.809 0.003 0.646 0.348‐1.198 .165
Normal 330 Ref. Ref.
Low 177
PLT .008 .430
Normal 455 Ref. Ref.
Low 15 1.258 0.411‐3.849 .688 2.534 0.620‐10.355 .195
High 37 4.547 1.743‐11.861 .002 1.074 0.441‐2.618 .875
NEU .080 .067
Normal 370 Ref. Ref.
Low 109 0.680 0.417‐1.110 .123 1.594 0.746‐3.405 .229
High 28 0.456 0.175‐1.185 .107 0.179 0.034‐0.945 .043
LYM .008 .281
Normal 379 Ref. Ref.
Low 127 2.325 1.365‐3.960 .002 1.756 0.879‐3.508 .111
High 1 1.111E+08 0‐ .999 1.380E+09 0‐ .999
MONO 2.277 1.053‐4.925 .036 1.482 0.657‐3.341 .343
Normal 463 Ref. Ref.
High 44
EO .042 .006
Normal 210 Ref. Ref.
Low 290 0.606 0.406‐0.905 .014 0.525 0.351‐0.784 .002
High 7 1.239 0.222‐6.927 .807 0.408 0.082‐2.027 .273
BASO 0.192 0.044‐0.833 .027 1.558 0.302‐8.027 .596
Normal 497 Ref. Ref.
High 10
HCT 0.841 0.502‐1.409 .512 0.555 0.359‐0.856 .008
Normal 154 Ref. Ref.
Low 353
MCV .987 .222
Normal 483 Ref. Ref.
Low 13 3.780E+09 0‐ .999 3.925E+09 0‐ .999
High 11 1.143 0.233‐5.609 .869 10.494 0.736‐149.530 .083
MCH .417 .490
Normal 485 Ref. Ref.
Low 12 0.000 0‐ .999 0.000 0‐ .999
High 10 3.542 0.544‐23.063 .186 0.300 0.042‐2.160 .232
MCHC .948 .755
Normal 481 Ref. Ref.
Low 23 1.157 0.367‐3.650 .803 0.823 0.263‐2.580 .739
High 3 1.447 0.046‐45.566 .834 2.876 0.134‐61.970 .500
RDW 1.001 0.528‐1.895 .998 1.353 0.690‐2.654 .378
Normal 436 Ref. Ref.
High 71
MPV 0.373 0.014‐9.990 .557 1.712E+08 0‐ .999
Normal 505 Ref. Ref.
High 2