Skip to main content

Table 1 Patient demographics

From: Prognostic significance of platelet–lymphocyte ratio in patients receiving first-line tyrosine kinase inhibitors for metastatic renal cell cancer

Patient no., n

63

Age, median (IQR)

63.1 (56.0–70.5)

Median follow up, months (IQR)

17.5 (9.2–28.4)

Sex, n (%)

 Male

52 (82.5)

 Female

11 (17.5)

ECOG PS, n (%)

 0–1

36 (57.1)

 ≥2

27 (42.9)

Disease free interval, n (%)

 <1 year

40 (63.5)

 ≥1 year

23 (36.5)

Lung metastasis, n (%)

 Yes

39 (61.9)

 No

24 (38.1)

Liver metastasis, n (%)

 Yes

6 (9.5)

 No

57 (90.5)

Lymph node metastasis, n (%)

 Yes

25 (39.7)

 No

38 (60.3)

Bone metastasis, n (%)

 Yes

19 (30.2)

 No

44 (69.8)

Brain metastasis, n (%)

 Yes

5 (7.9)

 No

58 (92.1)

Metastasis at other site, n (%)

 Yes

13 (20.6)

 No

50 (79.4)

Number of metastatic sites, n (%)

 1

37 (54.4)

 ≥2

31 (45.6)

Previous nephrectomy, n (%)

 Yes

35 (55.6)

 No

28 (44.4)

TKI regimen, n (%)

 Sunitinib

40 (63.5)

 Pazopanib

23 (36.5)

Response to TKIs, n (%)

 CR

3 (4.8)

 PR

12 (19.0)

 SD

35 (55.6)

 PD

13 (20.6)

Neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio, n (%)

 ≤3.6

34 (54.0)

 >3.6

29 (46.0)

Platelet–lymphocyte ratio, n (%)

 ≤150

37 (58.7)

 >150

26 (41.3)

Hemoglobin, n (%)

 <12 (g/dL)

25 (39.7)

 ≥12 (g/dL)

38 (60.3)

Corrected calcium, n (%)

 <10 (mg/dL)

57 (90.5)

 ≥10 (mg/dL)

6 (9.5)

MSKCC risk

 Favorable

19 (30.2)

 Intermediate

41 (65.1)

 Poor

3 (4.8)

 Progression

48 (76.2)

 Death

29 (46.0)

  1. IQR Interquartile range, ECOG PS Eastern cooperative oncology group performance status, TKI Tyrosine kinase inhibitor, CR complete response, PR partial response, SD stable disease, PD progressive disease, MSKCC Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center