Table 1 Correlation between peripheral NLR and clinicopathologic variables of LSCC patients
NLR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Cases | NLR ≤ 2.17 | NLR > 2.17 | P |
Age (years) | ||||
≤ 60 | 74 | 48 (64.9 %) | 26 (35.1 %) | |
> 60 | 67 | 46 (68.7 %) | 21 (31.3 %) | 0.633 |
Sex | ||||
Male | 137 | 90 (65.7 %) | 47 (34.3 %) | |
Female | 4 | 4 (100.0 %) | 0 | 0.151 |
Smoking history | ||||
Yes | 83 | 54 (65.1 %) | 29 (34.9 %) | |
No | 58 | 40 (69.0 %) | 18 (31.0 %) | 0.628 |
Drinking history | ||||
Yes | 24 | 15 (62.5 %) | 9 (37.5 %) | |
No | 117 | 79 (67.5 %) | 38 (32.5 %) | 0.635 |
T classification | ||||
T1–T2 | 86 | 62 (72.1 %) | 24 (27.9 %) | |
T3–T4 | 55 | 32 (58.2 %) | 23 (41.2 %) | 0.087 |
Lymph node metastasis | ||||
Negative | 118 | 80 (67.8 %) | 38 (32.2 %) | |
Positive | 23 | 14 (60.9 %) | 9 (39.1 %) | 0.519 |
Histological grade | ||||
Well | 48 | 34 (70.8 %) | 14 (29.2 %) | |
Moderately | 73 | 48 (65.8 %) | 25 (34.2 %) | |
Poorly | 20 | 12 (60.0 %) | 8 (40.0 %) | 0.670 |
Primary location | ||||
Supraglottic | 24 | 15 (62.5 %) | 9 (37.5 %) | |
Glottic | 113 | 77 (68.1 %) | 36 (31.9 %) | 0.671 |
Subglottic | 4 | 2 (50.0 %) | 2 (50.0 %) | |
Clinical stage | ||||
I–II | 80 | 58 (72.5 %) | 22 (27.5 %) | |
III–IV | 61 | 36 (59.0 %) | 25 (41.0 %) | 0.092 |