Research Article

[Retracted] Relationship between PLR and Clinicopathological Characteristics of Patients with Advanced NSCLC and Its Predictive Value for the Efficacy of Chemotherapy and Prognosis

Table 1

Comparison of different clinicopathological features and PLR levels in patients with advanced NSCLC before chemotherapy (n, %).

FactorCases (n = 175)Low PLR group (n = 78)High PLR group (n = 97)χ2 value value

Gender
Male11556 (48.7)59 (51.3)2.3100.129
Female6022 (36.7)38 (63.3)

Age (Years old)
<657144 (56.4)47 (48.5)1.7290.189
≥6510434 (43.6)50 (51.5)

Smoking status
Yes9835 (44.9)63 (64.9)0.9260.336
No7743 (55.1)34 (35.1)

PS score (points)
0∼112356 (45.5)67 (54.5)0.1540.695
≥25222 (42.3)30 (57.7)

Pathological type
Squamous cell carcinoma9440 (42.6)54 (57.4)0.2260.695
Adenocarcinoma7134 (47.9)37 (52.1)
Large cell carcinoma104 (5.13)6 (6.18)

TNM staging
IIIb10655 (51.9)51 (48.1)5.8230.019
IV6923 (33.3)46 (66.7)