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. 2023 Jan 26;14:1094378. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1094378

Table 2.

Correlation between blood parameters and clinicopathological characteristics.

Characteristic MLR NLR PLR
Decrease (n=48) Increase (n=91) P Decrease (n=91) Increase (n=48) P Decrease (n=64) Increase (n=75) P
Age (years), n (%)
 <65 25 (52.1) 42 (46.2) 0.506 44 (48.4) 23 (47.9) 0.961 34 (53.1) 33 (44.0) 0.283
 ≥65 23 (47.9) 49 (53.8) 47 (51.6) 25 (52.1) 30 (46.9) 42 (56.0)
Gender, n (%)
 Male 39 (81.3) 72 (79.1) 0.766 71 (78.0) 40 (83.3) 0.458 54 (84.4) 57 (76.0) 0.220
 Female 9 (18.7) 19 (20.9) 20 (22.0) 8 (16.7) 10 (15.6) 18 (24.0)
Smoking history
 Never 11 (22.9) 24 (26.4) 0.655 26 (28.6) 9 (18.8) 0.205 14 (21.9) 21 (28.0) 0.407
 Current/former 37 (77.1) 67 (73.6) 65 (71.4) 39 (81.2) 50 (78.1) 54 (72.0)
Histology, n (%)
 Squamous 19 (39.6) 25 (27.5) 0.069 26 (28.6) 18 (37.5) 0.298 23 (36.0) 21 (28.0) 0.142
 Non-squamous* 21 (43.7) 58 (63.7) 56 (61.5) 23 (47.9) 31 (48.4) 48 (64.0)
 NOS 8 (16.7) 8 (8.8) 9 (9.9) 7 (14.6) 10 (15.6) 6 (8.0)
TNM stage, n (%)
 IIIB-IIIC 11 (22.9) 28 (30.8) 0.327 21 (23.1) 18 (37.5) 0.072 17 (26.6) 22 (29.3) 0.717
 IV/Recurrence 37 (77.1) 63 (69.2) 70 (76.9) 30 (62.5) 47 (73.4) 53 (70.7)
PD-L1 expression, n (%)
 TPS≥50% 14 (29.2) 21 (23.1) 0.821 27 (29.7) 8 (16.7) 0.264 17 (26.6) 18 (24.0) 0.743
 1%≤TPS ≤ 49% 16 (33.3) 29 (31.9) 30 (33.0) 15 (31.2) 23 (35.9) 22 (29.3)
 TPS<1% 13 (27.1) 29 (31.9) 25 (27.5) 17 (35.4) 17 (26.6) 25 (33.3)
 Unknown 5 (10.4) 12 (13.1) 9 (9.8) 8 (16.7) 7 (10.9) 10 (13.4)
Radiotherapy
 Yes 8 (16.7) 21 (23.1) 0.377 21 (23.1) 8 (16.7) 0.377 13 (20.3) 16 (21.3) 0.883
 No 40 (83.3) 70 (76.9) 70 (76.9) 40 (83.3) 51 (79.7) 59 (78.7)
irAEs
 Yes 13 (27.1) 14 (15.4) 0.097 18 (19.8) 9 (18.8) 0.884 12 (18.7) 15 (20.0) 0.853
 No 35 (72.9) 77 (84.6) 73 (80.2) 39 (81.2) 52 (81.3) 60 (80.0)

*Non-squamous tumor included adenocarcinoma, lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma.

MLR, monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; NOS, not otherwise specified; PD-L1, programmed cell death-Ligand 1; TPS, tumor proportion score; irAEs; immune-related adverse events.