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Table 3 Relationship between clinicopathological characteristics and PNI or NLR

From: Preoperative Prognostic Nutritional Index is a Significant Predictor of Survival with Bladder Cancer after Radical Cystectomy: a retrospective study

Variable

N

PNI

P value

NLR

P value

Gender

  

0.068

 

0.406

 male

436

48.05 (44.95–51.75)

 

2.39 (1.77–3.47)

 

 female

80

46.90 (43.87–50.05)

 

2.21 (1.59–3.97)

 

Age, years

  

<0.001

 

<0.001

  > 65

278

46.92 (43.33–49.68)

 

2.61 (1.95–3.91)

 

  ≤ 65

238

49.62 (46.25–53.22)

 

2.15 (1.68–2.92)

 

Histology type

  

0.396

 

0.667

 UC

488

47.80 (44.65–51.55)

 

2.33 (1.76–3.49)

 

 NUC

28

48.95 (46.15–53.05)

 

2.67 (1.66–3.54)

 

Pathological grade

  

0.086

 

0.048

 2

131

48.65 (45.25–52)

 

2.24 (1.70–2.90)

 

 3

385

47.65 (44.52–51.15)

 

2.43 (1.76–3.73)

 

T stage

  

<0.001

 

<0.001

 pT2 or greater

354

47.35 (44.05–50.65)

 

2.52 (1.90–3.93)

 

 pT1

162

49.00 (46.20–52.97)

 

2.06 (1.63–2.68)

 

N status

  

0.250

 

0.041

 negative

435

48.00 (44.90–51.65)

 

2.29 (1.71–3.42)

 

 positive

81

47.10 (43.87–51.02)

 

2.50 (1.99–3.96)

 

Smoking

  

0.109

 

0.524

 no

355

47.55 (44.40–51.57)

 

2.39 (1.72–3.64)

 

 yes

161

48.70 (45.42–51.60)

 

2.33 (1.81–3.17)

 

Diabetes Mellitus

  

0.948

 

0.179

 no

460

47.8 (44.75–51.60)

 

2.32 (1.73–3.44)

 

 yes

56

48 (44.50–51.28)

 

2.72 (1.81–3.99)

 

Hypertension

  

0.862

 

0.067

 no

367

47.80 (44.75–51.65)

 

2.27 (1.71–3.19)

 

 yes

149

48.02 (44.57–51.15)

 

2.50 (1.82–3.75)

 

Heart disease

  

0.177

 

0.516

 no

461

47.97 (44.90–51.65)

 

2.31 (1.73–3.53)

 

 yes

55

47.22 (43.70–50.56)

 

2.48 (1.78–3.09)

 

Cerebrovascular disease

  

0.277

 

0.045

 no

499

47.95 (44.71–51.6)

 

2.32 (1.72–3.44)

 

 yes

17

47.10 (42.77–49.10)

 

2.69 (2.22–4.04)

 

Surgery style

  

0.278

 

0.806

 open

409

47.95 (44.9051.75)

 

2.37 (1.73–3.65)

 

 laparoscopic

107

47.60 (44.2051.25)

 

2.28 (1.80–3.20)

 

Postoperative complications

  

0.129

 

0.730

 no

443

48.00 (45.05–51.55)

 

2.33 (1.76–3.47)

 

 yes

73

46.35 (43.75–51.78)

 

2.37 (1.59–3.61)

 

ASA grade

  

<0.001

 

0.031

 1&2

436

48.05 (45.25–51.90)

 

2.30 (1.725–3.21)

 

 3&4

80

46.00 (42.50–49.37)

 

2.53 (2.05–3.99)

 

Anemia

  

<0.001

 

<0.001

 no

372

49.07 (46.502.93)

 

2.23 (1.69–2.96)

 

 yes

144

44.55 (40.90–47.38)

 

3.01 (2.00–4.42)

 
  1. UC urothelial carcinoma, NUC non-urothelial carcinoma, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, PNI prognostic nutritional index, NLR neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, PLR platelet-lymphocyte ratio, LMR lymphocyte-monocyte ratio
  2. Significant values are in bold