Table 4.

Five-year and 8-yr OS between low NLR (equal or less than 3.0) and high NLR (more than 3.0) stratified by staging system.

		Overall survival (95% CI)
		5-yr	8-yr	P value
Stage I	Low NLR	100%	67% (5%–95%)	.564
	High NLR	100%	100%
Stage II	Low NLR	81% (69%–9%)	74% (61%–3%)	.354
	High NLR	75% (50%–9%)	62% (36%–0%)
Stage III	Low NLR	81% (71%–8%)	68% (56%–7%)	.756
	High NLR	76% (63%–5%)	58% (42%–2%)
Stage IV	Low NLR	54% (45%–2%)	44% (35%–2%)	.050
	High NLR	42% (32%–2%)	33% (24%–3%)

CI = confidence interval.