Prognostic significance of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in biliary tract cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Oncotarget · 2017 · PMC5482704 · PMID 28415734

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As to the correlation between NLR and tumor differentiation, pooled analysis of five studies produced an OR of 1.36 favoring high NLR group (heterogeneity: I 2 11.10%, P = 0.34); however, corresponding 95% CI ranged from 0.97 to 1.91 (Figure 4B ), which indicated that correlations between high NLR and poorer differentiation were with marginal significance.

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