Table II.

Baseline haematological values.

Blood values	Population	≤ 55 years (according to AJCC stage)	> 55 years (according to AJCC stage)	p-value
Mean albumin (SD)	4.49 (± 0.31)	4.51 (± 0.26)	4.45 (± 0.40)	0.356
Mean white blood cells (SD)	6.82 (± 2.17)	7.03 (± 2.18)	6.53 (± 2.09)	0.116
Mean neutrophils (SD)	4.37 (± 1.67)	4.61 (± 1.74)	3.84 (± 1.38)	0.21
Mean lymphocytes (SD)	2.45 (± 4.29)	2.65 (± 5.15)	2.02 (± 0.73)	0.467
Mean monocytes (SD)	0.42 (± 0.14)	0.43 (± 0.14)	0.39 (± 0.13)	0.157
Mean eosinophils (SD)	0.16 (± 0.10)	0.16 (± 0.10)	0.17 (± 0.09)	0.549
Mean basophils (SD)	0.04 (± 0.03)	0.04 (± 0.03)	0.03 (± 0.01)	0.06
Mean platelets (SD)	259.8 (± 52.05)	266.08 (± 51.10)	245.69 (± 52.09)	0.051
Mean LMR (SD)	6.20 (± 8.29)	6.37 (± 9.61)	5.48 (± 4.12)	0.751
Mean NLR (SD)	2.41 (± 1.09)	2.59 (± 1.20)	2.01 (± 0.66)	0.001
Mean PLR (SD)	145.05 (± 48.8)	151.14 (± 51.8)	131.5 (± 38.8)	0.045
Median PNI (SD)	44.94 (± 3.17)	45.13 (± 2.69)	44.53 (± 4.06)	0.354

SD: standard deviation; LMR: lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio; NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR: platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; PNI: prognostic nutritional index.