Table I.

Patients’ characteristics

Parameter	Group 1 (n = 54)	Group 2 (n = 37)
Age [years]	62.7 ±9.6	54.4 ±13.2
Gender:
Male	47	23
Female	7	14
PLR	127.27 ±46.82	183.56 ±93.49
Size of the nodule [mm]	20.05 ±7.4	15.02 ±5.79
SUVmax values	8.24 ±4.28	5.35 ±2.64
WBC [× 103/mm]	7.43 ±2.65	6.89 ±1.87
Platelets [× 103/mm]	255.1 ±62.3	252 ±77.4
Lymphocytes [× 103/mm]	2.17 ±0.65	1.65 ±0.73

PLR – platelet/lymphocyte ratio, WBC – white blood cells.