Preoperative Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Neutrophilia Are Independent Predictors of Recurrence in Patients with Localized Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma

Table 1

Clinical and pathological characteristics of 218 pRCC patients stratified according to NLR.

Variables	Number of Pts (%)	NLR ≥ 3.6	NLR < 3.6	value
Patients, (%)	218	76 (34.9)	142 (65.1)
Age (years), mean ± SD	58.9 ± 12.2	59.7 ± 11.6	58.5 ± 12.5	0.460
Gender				0.712
Male	169 (77.5)	60 (78.9)	109 (76.8)
Female	49 (22.5)	16 (21.1)	33 (23.2)
Symptoms at presentation				0.140
Symptom	37 (17.0)	9 (11.8)	28 (19.7)
Asymptomatic	181 (83.0)	67 (88.2)	114 (80.3)
Hypertension				0.053
Yes	91 (41.7)	25 (32.9)	66 (46.5)
No	127 (58.3)	51 (67.1)	76 (53.5)
Diabetes mellitus				0.431
Yes	22 (10.1)	6 (7.9)	16 (11.3)
No	196 (89.9)	70 (92.1)	126 (88.7)
Tumor size (cm), median (IQR)	3.5 (2.5–6.0)	4.0 (3.0–7.0)	3.2 (2.1–5.0)	0.005
T stage				0.290
T1	160 (73.4)	52 (68.4)	108 (76.1)
T2	20 (9.2)	10 (13.2)	10 (7.0)
T3	38 (19.5)	14 (18.4)	24 (16.9)
N stage				0.097
N1	7 (3.2)	5 (6.6)	2 (1.4)
N0	211 (96.8)	71 (93.4)	140 (98.6)
Fuhrman grade				0.763
1-2	155 (71.1)	55 (72.4)	100 (70.4)
3-4	63 (28.9)	21 (27.6)	42 (29.6)
pRCC type				0.079
1 type	126 (57.8)	38 (51.4)	88 (63.8)
2 type	86 (39.4)	36 (48.6)	50 (36.2)
Unknown	6 (2.8)
Tumor necrosis				0.653
Yes	34 (15.6)	13 (17.1)	21 (14.8)
No	184 (84.4)	63 (82.9)	121 (85.2)