Association of Baseline Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio with Clinicopathological Characteristics of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Table 2

Association of preoperative total WBC, neutrophils, lymphocytes, and NLR with clinicopathological characteristics of PTC.

	N	Total WBC	value	Neutro	value	Lympho	value	NLR	value
Sex
Male	55	7682 ± 2131		4868 ± 1787		2034 ± 723		2.62 ± 1.19
Female	150	7495 ± 2179	0.31	4714 ± 1765	0.31	2111 ± 637	0.26	2.38 ± 0.96	0.09
Age
<45 years	65	7857 ± 2637		5070 ± 2268		2053 ± 602		2.58 ± 1.07
≥45 years	140	7419 ± 1934	0.12	4628 ± 1510	0.07	2105 ± 684	0.33	2.39 ± 1.01	0.15
Tumour size
0.1–1 cm	113	7421 ± 2161		4686 ± 1850		2051 ± 558		2.40 ± 0.96
1.1-2 cm	57	7682 ± 2332		4741 ± 1639		2277 ± 879		2.32 ± 1.10
2.1–4 cm	29	7880 ± 2105		5020 ± 1822		2060 ± 588		2.61 ± 1.16
>4.1 cm	6	7600 ± 935	0.81	5200 ± 752	0.82	1540 ± 518	0.07	3.55 ± 0.73	0.12
Tumour size
0.1–1 cm	113	7421 ± 2161		4686 ± 1850		2051 ± 558		2.40 ± 0.96
>1.1 cm	92	7738 ± 2164	0.18	4864 ± 1638	0.27	2152 ± 793	0.17	2.51 ± 1.13	0.26
Extrathyroidal invasion
Yes	43	7438 ± 1987		4779 ± 1753		1897 ± 569		2.74 ± 1.24
No	162	7548 ± 2208	0.4	4744 ± 1774	0.46	2118 ± 675	0.05	2.39 ± 0.96	0.04
Multifocality
Yes	91	7684 ± 2259		4983 ± 1920		1999 ± 623		2.65 ± 1.08
No	114	7444 ± 2093	0.24	4589 ± 1636	0.08	2157 ± 681	0.06	2.29 ± 0.96	0.01
Bilaterality
Yes	65	7860 ± 2337		5127 ± 2039		2042 ± 621		2.67 ± 1.15
No	140	7413 ± 2080	<0.01	4601 ± 1625	0.04	2110 ± 677	0.27	2.35 ± 0.96	0.03
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	15	7050 ± 1089		4800 ± 1235		1613 ± 331		3.12 ± 1.07
No	190	7570 ± 2201	0.25	4754 ± 1793	0.47	2115 ± 664	0.02	2.41 ± 1.02	0.03
Histologic subtype
Classic	70	7450 ± 1986		4658 ± 1597		2069 ± 608		2.41 ± 0.97
Follicular variant	135	7607 ± 2275	0.33	4819 ± 1874	0.29	2104 ± 694	0.37	2.47 ± 1.07	0.36
Thyroiditis
No	88	7297 ± 2093		4538 ± 1662		2049 ± 608		2.36 ± 0.98
Nonspecific	90	7976 ± 2167		5113 ± 1892		2173 ± 686		2.54 ± 1.10
Hashimoto	27	7226 ± 2279	0.14	4530 ± 1681	0.13	2008 ± 760	0.45	2.48 ± 1.03	0.59
T stage (AJCC)
T1a	107	7407 ± 2168		4666 ± 1849		2055 ± 559		2.38 ± 0.95
T1b	37	8027 ± 2545		4977 ± 1731		2381 ± 965		2.32 ± 1.02
T2	17	7780 ± 1708		4890 ± 1194		2150 ± 700		2.44 ± 0.86
T3	44	7500 ± 1829	0.61	4814 ± 1731	0.86	1928 ± 582	0.07	2.76 ± 1.30	0.34
TNM stage (AJCC)
I	169	7588 ± 2268		4474 ± 1861		2121 ± 664		2.40 ± 1.00
II	10	7920 ± 944		5440 ± 573		1760 ± 297		3.14 ± 0.48
III	21	7073 ± 1642		4340 ± 1134		1967 ± 704		2.50 ± 1.20
IVa	5	6675 ± 645	0.67	4600 ± 868	0.66	1400 ± 163	0.09	3.37 ± 1.05	0.11

The bold data represent statistically significant values.