Prognostic role of an inflammation scoring system in radical resection of oral squamous cell carcinoma

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Table 2 The clinicopathological characteristics stratified by the F-NLR score

Characteristics	F-NLR 0 (n = 100)	F-NLR 1 (n = 203)	F-NLR 2 (n = 62)	P-value
Age				0.0436
< 60	32	65	10
≥ 60	68	138	52
Sex				0.3646
Male	47	108	36
Female	53	95	26
Currently smoking				0.2439
No	87	181	59
Yes	13	22	3
Currently drinking				0.8427
No	91	187	58
Yes	9	16	4
PLR				0.5971
< 150	21	36	10
≥ 150 ≤ 300	77	160	48
> 300	2	7	4
MPV (fl)				0.4345
< 10	90	173	52
≥ 10	10	30	10
Tumor size				0.0301
T1–T2	89	155	48
T3–T4	11	48	14
Cervical node metastasis				0.0039
N0	81	167	38
N1	15	20	15
N2	4	16	9
Cancer subsites				0.8078
Lip	8	15	7
Gingival	24	64	16
Buccal	32	58	22
Mouth floor	4	8	3
Tongue	32	58	14
LVI				0.0009
Negative	86	133	44
Positive	14	70	18
PNI				0.8873
Negative	98	198	60
Positive	2	5	2

Statistically significant values are shown in bold
F-NLR the combined fibrinogen and NLR score, NLR Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, MPV mean platelet volume, PNI perineural invasion, LVI lymphatic and vascular invasion

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