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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 May 19;29(8):1577–1585. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0378

Table 4.

Association between immune cell counts ratio, inflammatory-related CpGs and overall survival time among cases from cohorts only (n = 342)

Multivariate HR (95% CI)
US cohorts
CD4/CD8 Ratioa
 Q1 [0.27, 1.45) ref.
 Q2 [1.48, 2.38) 1.08 (0.82, 1.41)
 Q3 [2.39, 32.33] 0.96 (0.74, 1.26)
p for continuous = 0.79
Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratioa
 Q1 [0.54, 1.49) ref.
 Q2 [1.49, 2.09) 0.88 (0.68, 1.16)
 Q3 [2.09, 8.63] 1.08 (0.83, 1.41)
p for continuous = 0.57
B cell /Lymphocyte Ratioa
 Q1 [0.01, 0.13) ref.
 Q2 [0.13, 0.17) 1.13 (0.87, 1.48)
 Q3 [0.17, 0.43] 1.14 (0.86, 1.51)
p for continuous = 0.37
T cell /Lymphocyte Ratioa
 Q1 [0.38, 0.60) ref.
 Q2 [0.61, 0.68) 0.85 (0.65, 1.10)
 Q3 [0.68, 0.88] 0.99 (0.76, 1.30)
p for continuous = 0.95
cg00159243a, b
 Q1 [0.24, 0.33) ref.
 Q2 [0.33, 0.37) 1.29 (0.96, 1.74)
 Q3 [0.37, 0.45] 1.42 (1.00, 2.02)
p for continuous = 0.049
cg03957124a, b
 Q1 [0.40, 0.53) ref.
 Q2 [0.53, 0.58) 0.81 (0.60, 1.08)
 Q3 [0.58, 0.69] 0.63 (0.42, 0.93)
p for continuous = 0.02
cg12785694a, b
 Q1 [0.07, 0.15) ref.
 Q2 [0.15, 0.20) 1.00 (0.75, 1.34)
 Q3 [0.20, 0.42] 1.42 (1.02, 1.99)
p for continuous = 0.04
cg18181703a, b
 Q1 [0.34, 0.45) ref.
 Q2 [0.45, 0.50) 0.92 (0.69, 1.22)
 Q3 [0.50, 0.58] 0.72 (0.54, 0.96)
p for continuous = 0.03
cg25325512a, b
 Q1 [0.25, 0.37) ref.
 Q2 [0.37, 0.42) 0.90 (0.68, 1.18)
 Q3 [0.42, 0.55] 0.66 (0.49, 0.88)
p for continuous = 0.004
cg26804423a, b
 Q1 [0.61, 0.70) ref.
 Q2 [0.70, 0.74) 1.13 (0.84, 1.52)
 Q3 [0.74, 0.83] 1.50 (1.04, 2.17)
p for continuous = 0.03
a

Adjusted for age, date of blood draw, time between blood draw and cancer diagnosis, smoking, and cohorts for combined analyses.

b

Further adjusted for cell proportions.