Correlation between Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Pretreatment Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Their Predictive Significance in Cervical Carcinoma Patients Referred for Radiotherapy

Table 2

Comparison of pretreatment MRI parameters between low and high NLR in primary cervical cancer.

Variable	Low NLR group (≤3.87) (n = 63)	High NLR group (>3.87) (n = 15)	value
Largest diameter of the tumor, mm	37.56 ± 14.30	53.33 ± 20.31	0.001^※※
ADC value, ×10^−3 mm^2/s	0.77 ± 0.15	0.79 ± 0.16	0.526
Vagina invasion, n (%)
Negative	15 (23.8)	3 (20.0)	0.753
Positive	48 (76.2)	12 (80.0)
Uterine body invasion, n (%)
Negative	45 (71.4)	8 (53.3)	0.177
Positive	18 (28.6)	7 (46.7)
Parametrial involvement, n (%)
Negative	58 (92.1)	9 (60.0)	0.001^※※
Positive	5 (7.9)	6 (40.0)
Pelvic lymph node metastasis, n (%)
Negative	46 (73.0)	10 (66.7)	0.623
Positive	17 (27.0)	5 (33.3)

ADC: apparent diffusion coefficient; NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio. ^※※P < 0.01.