Research Article

Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Small Renal Masses

Table 1

Baseline characteristics for 1001 patients with renal masses ≤4 cm. Values are expressed as mean (SD), median (IQR), or frequency (percent).

Age at surgery, median (IQR)59.9 (51.7, 68.3)
Gender
 Male (%) 619 (61.8%)
 Female (%)382 (38.2%)
Race
 Caucasian (%)892 (89.1%)
 African American (%)47 (4.7%)
 Other (%)62 (6.2%)
ASA score
 I-II (%)523 (52.2%)
 III-IV (%)478 (47.8%)
Preoperative Crea, median1.1 (0.9, 1.2)
Preoperative eGFR mL/min/1.73 m2, median69.6 (58.7, 82.3)
 <60 278 (27.8%)
 ≥60723 (72.2%)
Surgical procedure
 Partial (%)984 (98.3%)
 Radical (%)17 (1.7%)
Side of procedure
 Right (%)492 (49.2%)
 Left (%)509 (50.8%)
Pathology
Benign (%)202 (20.2%)
  Oncocytoma (%)149 (14.9%)
  Angiomyolipoma (%)31 (3.1%)
  Other benign (%)22 (2.2%)
Malignant (%)799 (79.8%)
  Conventional RCC (%)538 (53.7%)
  Papillary RCC (%)118 (11.8%)
  Chromophobe RCC (%)77 (7.7%)
  Cystic RCC (%)43 (4.3%)
  Unclassified RCC (%)11 (1.1%)
  Other malignant (%)12 (1.2%)