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Fig. 3

From: Optimal cutoff of pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in head and neck cancer patients: a meta-analysis and validation study

Fig. 3

Meta-regression plots of NLR hazard ratio according to NLR cutoffs. a OS, b DFS. The center and radius of each circle indicated the Log(HR) and 95% CI of enrolled studies. X-axis meant the study-specific NLR cutoff values. c-d Hazard ratio (HR) and 95% CI according to NLR cutoffs by multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression model in an independent HNSCC cohort. c OS, d DFS. Solid line: HR, Dashed line: 95% CI. HR > 1 and 95% CI > 1 indicated significant worse outcome for the group having NLR above cutoffs compared to the group having NLR below cutoffs

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