Correlation between preoperative peripheral blood NLR, PLR, LMR and prognosis of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Table 2 Correlation of baseline characteristics of different NLR, PLR and LMR groups in HNSCC patients

Variables	Parameters	NLR		χ²	P	PLR		χ²	P	LMR		χ²	P
Variables	Parameters	< 1.94	≥ 1.94	χ²	P	< 107.8	≥ 107.8	χ²	P	< 5.08	≥ 5.08	χ²	P
Gender	Male	90	150	0	1	81	159	0.142	0.706	173(84)	67	9.74	0.002*
	Female	24	40			20	44			33	31
Age (yr)	< 63 ± 10.56	42	73	0.076	0.783	40	75	0.203	0.653	79	36	0.074	0.786
	≥ 63 ± 10.56	72	117			61	128			127	62
Smoking	Yes	66	124	1.651	0.199	64	126	0.048	0.826	135	55	2.51	0.113
	No	48	66			37	77			71	43
Drinking	Yes	58	99	0.043	0.836	56	101	0.875	0.35	114	43	3.494	0.062
	No	56	91			45	102			92	55
Tumor location	Oral	42	74		0.644	38	78		0.576	74	42		0.428
	Oropharynx	12	17			8	21			25	4
	Larynx	42	77			39	80			77	42
	Hypopharynx	13	10			11	12			16	7
	Else	5	12			5	12			14	3
pN stage	N₀	31	57	0.273	0.601	27	61	0.361	0.548	59	29	0.029	0.864
	N_1 − 3	83	133			74	142			147	69
TNM stage	I-II	62	103	0.001	0.976	59	106	1.044	0.307	110	55	0.199	0.656
	III-IV	52	87			42	97			96	43
Postoperative complications	Yes	14	39	3.365	0.067	14	39	1.341	0.247	32	21	1.603	0.205
	No	100	151			87	164			174	77

NLR: neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, PLR: platelet-lymphocyte ratio, LMR: lymphocyte-monocyte ratio, pN stage: pathological lymph node stage
*Statistically significant p < 0.05

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