Pre-treatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with neutrophil and T-cell infiltration and predicts clinical outcome in patients with glioblastoma

Table 4 Correlation between neutrophils and CD3⁺ T-cells infiltration and pre-treatment NLR in 152 Glioblastomas

	Neutrophils infiltration (200 × HPF)			CD3⁺ T-cells infiltration (400 × HPF)
	NLR ≥ 4 (n = 49)	NLR < 4 (n = 103)	P	NLR ≥ 4 (n = 49)	NLR < 4 (n = 103)	P
0 (<10)	15 (30.6 %)	65 (63.1 %)	<0.001	18 (36.7 %)	12 (11.7 %)	0.006
1 (10–20)	8 (16.3 %)	28 (27.2 %)		11 (22.5 %)	28 (27.2 %)
2 (20–50)	17 (34.7 %)	7 (6.8 %)		11 (22.5 %)	37 (35.9 %)
3 (50–100)	2 (4.1 %)	1 (1 %)		8 (16.3 %)	19 (18.4 %)
4 (>100)	7 (14.3 %)	2 (1.9 %)		1 (2.0 %)	7 (6.8 %)

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