Table 2. Comparison of SYNTAX score grades between lung cancer patients and non-cancer patients.
| Variables | Total patients (n = 384) | Patients with NLR-high (n = 190*) | Patients with NLR-low (n = 190*) | ||||||||
| Lung cancer (n = 96) |
Non-cancer (n = 288) |
P-value | Lung cancer (n = 55) |
Non-cancer (n = 135) |
P-value | Lung cancer (n = 41) |
Non-cancer (n = 149) |
P-value | |||
| Data are presented as n (%). *Presented as the number of patients was for those who had NLR value. NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio. | |||||||||||
| SYNTAX score grade | 0.014 | 0.006 | 0.839 | ||||||||
| Low SYNTAX score (≤ 16) |
63 (65.6%) | 225 (78.1%) | 30 (54.5%) | 101 (74.8%) | 33 (80.5%) | 122 (81.9%) | |||||
| High SYNTAX score (> 16) |
33 (34.4%) | 63 (21.9%) | 25 (45.5%) | 34 (25.2%) | 8 (19.5%) | 27 (18.1%) | |||||