Research Article

Combined Diagnostic Efficacy of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR), and Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) as Biomarkers of Systemic Inflammation in the Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer

Table 1

Characteristics of CRC patients and healthy controls.

VariableCRC (n %)Healthy controls (n %) value

Age (mean ± SD)61.63 ± 10.9460.32 ± 12.21>0.05
Gender (male/female)160/140 (53%/47%)150/150 (50%/50%)>0.05
BMI25.58 ± 3.4726.13 ± 3.72<0.05
Location
 Rectum164 (54%)
 Colon136 (46%)
Pathological differentiation
 Well227 (76%)
 Moderate63 (21%)
 Poor10 (3%)
T stage
 152 (17%)
 242 (14%)
 3142 (48%)
 464 (21%)
N stage
 0156 (52%)
 178 (26%)
 266 (22%)
Metastases
 0248 (83%)
 152 (17%)
Stage
 I82 (27%)
 II74 (25%)
 III92 (31%)
 IV52 (17%)