Table 4.
Analysis of correlations between sPD-L1 and circulating immune cells. Two outliers with extremely high sPD-L1 levels or absolute neutrophil counts were excluded from these analyses.
| Pearson’s correlation coefficient | p value* | |
|---|---|---|
| NLR | 0.309 | < 0.001 |
| WBC | 0.202 | 0.023 |
| ANC | 0.183 | 0.040 |
| Neutrophil | 0.081 | 0.369 |
| Lymphocyte | − 0.277 | 0.002 |
| ALC | − 0.222 | 0.012 |
sPD-L1 soluble programmed death ligand-1, NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, WBC white blood cell count, ANC absolute neutrophil count, ALC absolute lymphocyte count.
*Significance at p < 0.05.