Table 2.

Baseline neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as predictors of mortality after adjustment for baseline demographic covariables in GENISOS cohort

	Neutrophil		Lymphocyte		NLR*
Characteristic	HR [95% CI]	P-value	HR [95% CI]	P-value	HR [95% CI]	P-value
Baseline count or ratio	1.67 [1.26, 2.22]	<0.001	0.66 [0.51, 0.85]	0.001	1.63 [1.34, 1.98]	<0.001
Male gender	1.41 [0.90, 2.21]	0.134	1.46 [0.93, 2.29]	0.097	1.20 [0.75, 1.90]	0.445
Age at enrollment	1.03 [1.02, 1.05]	<0.001	1.03 [1.01, 1.04]	0.001	1.03 [1.01, 1.04]	<0.001
Race		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
African American†	2.56 [1.64, 4.00]	<0.001	2.57 [1.64, 4.03]	<0.001	2.84 [1.81, 4.46]	<0.001
Latino†	1.68 [1.09, 2.58]	0.018	1.70 [1.10, 2.62]	0.016	1.77 [1.15, 2.73]	0.010
Other†	0.23 [0.03, 1.66]	0.145	0.25 [0.04, 1.85]	0.176	0.24 [0.03, 1.70]	0.152

Analysis by multivariable Cox proportional hazards model

^*Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio

^†Compared to White patients