Elevated peripheral blood lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio predicts a favorable prognosis in the patients with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Table 2 Correlation of baseline LMR with clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with metastatic NPC

Characteristic	LMR < 2.475	LMR ≥ 2.475	r value	P value
Total	335	337
Gender
Male	277	269	0.037	0.342
Female	58	68
Age (years)
<46	157	159	−0.003	0.935
≥46	178	178
T stage
T1-T2	136	137	<0.001	0.988
T3-T4	199	200
N stage
N0-N1	138	135	0.012	0.765
N2-N3	197	202
Metastasis at presentation
Absent	238	137	0.306	<0.001
Present	97	200
Number of metastatic lesions
1	34	71	−0.150	<0.001
≥2	301	266
Bone metastasis
Absent	139	141	−0.004	0.927
Present	196	196
Liver metastasis
Absent	197	246	−0.150	<0.001
Present	138	91
Lung metastasis
Absent	224	238	−0.041	0.294
Present	111	99
Extraregional lymph node metastasis
Absent	233	264	−0.100	0.009
Present	102	73
EBV VCA/IgA
<1:80	36	44	−0.037	0.339
1:80–1:320	197	198
≥1:640	102	95
EBV EA/IgA
<1:10	56	72	−0.055	0.151
1:10–1:20	109	107
≥1:40	170	158

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