Pretreatment Lymphocyte Monocyte Ratio Predicts Long-Term Outcomes in Patients with Digestive System Tumor: A Meta-Analysis

Table 4

values of meta-regressions.

Covariate	Meta-analysis of MVA HRs
	OS	DFS/RFS
Anatomic structure	0.015	0.043
Tumor site
Esophagus	0.118	0.003
Stomach	0.016	0.015
Colorectal	0.094	0.018
Liver	0.752	0.002
Pancreas	DR	DR
Tumor stage
NMS	0.983	0.277
Mix	0.097	DR
MS	DR	0.316
Ethnicity	0.328	0.637
Cut-off value	0.120	0.160
Beyond cut-off	0.981	0.720
Treatment	0.772	0.579

MVA: multivariate analysis; HR: hazard ratio; OS: overall survival; DFS: disease-free survival; RFS: recurrence-free survival; NMS: nonmetastatic stage; MS: metastatic stage; DR: dropped because of collinearity.