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Table 2 The results of a multivariate regression analysis for predicting the disease-free survival of 124 OSCC patients

From: Pre-treatment neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio predicts the chemoradiotherapy outcome and survival in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective study

Variables

Assigned score

Hazard ratio (95 % CI)

P-value

Primary site

  

 Tongue

1

2.240 (0.924–5.267)

0.073

 Mandible

2

  

 Maxilla

3

  

 Oral floor

4

  

 Buccal mucosa

5

  

T-stage

  

 T1, T2

1

0.942 (0.419–2.132)

0.885

 T3

2

  

 T4

3

  

N-stage

  

 N0, N1

0

1.844 (0.701–5.063)

0.217

  ≥ N2

1

  

Differentiation

  

 Well

0

0.636 (0.267–1.348)

0.249

 Moderate

1

  

Pathological response

  

 Grades 0, I, IIa

1

0.226 (0.093–0.527)

0.001*

 Grade IIb

2

  

 Grade III

3

  

 Grade IV

4

  

NLR status

  

 Low

0

2.013 (1.029–4.144)

0.041*

 High

1

  
  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, OSCC oral squamous cell carcinoma
  2. *, P < 0.05