Preoperative Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Was a Predictor of Overall Survival in Small Renal Cell Carcinoma: An Analysis of 384 Consecutive Patients

Table 1

Clinical and pathological characteristics in patients with sRCC and low (<1.97) or high (≥1.97) NLR.

	All	Low NLR	High NLR	value
Gender				0.063
Male	264	127 (64.5%)	137 (73.3%)
Female	120	70 (35.5%)	50 (26.7%)
Age (years)				0.028
<60	223	125 (63.5%)	98 (52.4%)
≥60	161	72 (36.5%)	89 (47.6%)
Histologic subtype				0.592
Clear cell RCC	348	177 (89.8%)	171 (91.4%)
Non-clear-cell RCC	36	20 (10.2%)	16 (8.6%)
Multiple primary neoplasms				0.087
No	356	187 (94.9%)	169 (90.4%)
Yes	28	10 (5.1%)	18 (9.6%)
Type of surgery				0.464
Partial nephrectomy	153	82 (41.6%)	71 (38.0%)
Radical nephrectomy	231	115 (58.4%)	116 (62.0%)
Surgical approach				0.169
Laparoscopic surgery	297	158 (80.2%)	139 (74.3%)
Open surgery	87	39 (19.8%)	48 (25.7%)
IFN-α/IL-2 therapy				0.781
No	296	153 (77.7%)	143 (76.5%)
Yes	88	44 (22.3%)	44 (23.5%)

Abbreviation: sRCC, small renal cell carcinoma. RCC, renal cell carcinoma. NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.