Research Article

Prognostic Significance of Pretreatment Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet/Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Table 1

Peripheral NLR/PLR and clinical characteristics of DLBCL patients.

CharacteristicsTotal (n=182)PLRNLR
150(n=90)<150(n=92)P-value2.32(n=96)<2.32(n=86)P-value

Gender0.6590.883
 Male, n (%)9649475046
Age 0.8830.235
 >609044464347
 ⩽609246465339
Ann Arbor stage, n (%)0.4310.001
 I4321221330
 II6126352833
 III19910127
 IV5934254316
B symptoms, n (%)0.0390.005
 Yes352312269
 No14767807077
ECOG PS, n (%)0.0320.048
 <214264786973
24026142713
Extranodal sites of disease, n (%)0.2850.002
 >14023173010
 ⩽114267756676
IPI, n (%)0.0530.001
 03716211621
 15520351837
 23821172414
 3301812237
 414113104
 584453
LDH, n (%)0.0060.006
 ⩽1 × ULN11246665062
 >1 × ULN7044264624
Bone marrow involvement, n (%)0.5671.000
 YES135876
 NO16985848980
Pathology type0.7280.728
 GCB subtype4320232419
Non-GCB subtype13970697267

Serum LDH level >ULN (upper limit of normal), the normal range of LDH in our center is 0-250U/L.
Abbreviations: ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; PS, performance status; IPI, International Prognostic Index; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; GCB, germinal center B cell.