Table 1.

Patient characteristics and laboratory values by group comparisons

	Survivor (n=36)	Nonsurvivor (n=41)	P
Age, year	62.8±9.9	63.5±10.0	0.71
Female/male sex (n)	4/32	7/34	0.52
Diagnosis
Squamous cell carcinoma (n)	20	22	0.94
Adenocarcinoma (n)	12	15
Others (n)	4	4
Charlson comorbidity index	8 (6-12)	8 (6-11)	0.90
Time of death after admission, day	NA	6 (1-30)
CRP, mg/dl	6.2 (0.1-39.7)	16.1 (1.9-51.5)	<0.001
Albumin, g/dl	3.3 (1.9-4.3)	2.8 (1.8-4.1)	<0.001
CRP/albumin ratio	2.4 (0.02-1.4)	7 (0.36-22.7)	<0.001
Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio	6.7 (0.3-38.4)	10.3 (0.3-65.4)	0.10
PLR	229 (15.00-697.4)	234.4 (2.50-5215.80)	0.36

CRP: C-reactive protein, NA: Not available, PLR: Platelet/lymphocyte ratio