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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Prognostic significance of baseline T cells, B cells and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in recurrent ovarian cancer treated with chemotherapy

 

Baseline Cohort

(N = 72)

High neutrophil count*

(N = 51)

Low T cell count**

(N = 19)

Low B cell count***

(N = 21)

High NLR****

(N = 34)

Median age

69

68

71

72

68

(range)

(47–92)

(47–92)

(50–84)

(59–92)

(47–92)

P value

 

0.852

0.248

0.116

0.657

Median CA-125 kU/L

332

488

330

616

487

(range)

(6–30,072)

(6–30,072)

(11–30,072)

(13–10,325)

(6–30,072)

P value

 

0.411

0.443

0.443

0.443

Histology

 High-grade serous carcinoma

61 (84%)

45 (88%)

18 (95%)

18 (85%)

31 (88%)

 Low-grade serous carcinoma

4 (6%)

3 (6%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (3%)

 Endometrioid

4 (6%)

2 (4%)

0 (0%)

2 (10%)

2 (6%)

 Mucinous

3 (4%)

1 (2%)

1 (5%)

1 (5%)

1 (3%)

P value

 

0.366

0.486

0.203

0.614

Previous lines of chemotherapy

 1

32 (44%)

22 (43%)

4 (21%)

4 (19%)

11 (32%)

 2–3

31 (43%)

23 (45%)

12 (63%)

15 (71%)

19 (54%)

 4–5

9 (13%)

6 (12%)

3 (16%)

2 (10%)

5 (14%)

P value

 

0.391

0.068

0.011

0.122

Platinum sensitive

 No

48 (67%)

33 (65%)

14 (74%)

15 (71%)

25 (71%)

 Yes

24 (33%)

18 (35%)

5 (26%)

6 (29%)

10 (29%)

P value

 

0.582

0.446

0.579

0.395

Performance status

 0–1

46 (64%)

31 (61%)

11 (58%)

14 (66%)

21 (60%)

 2

26 (36%)

20 (39%)

8 (42%)

7 (34%)

14 (40%)

P value

 

0.393

0.532

0.749

0.509

Treatment regimen

 Carboplatin

10 (14%)

9 (18%)

3 (16%)

4 (19%)

8 (23%)

 Carboplatin + lipos. Dox.

13 (18%)

8 (16%)

2 (11%)

2 (10%)

2 (6%)

 Carboplatin + paclitaxel

1 (1%)

1 (2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Liposomal doxorubicin

14 (20%)

10 (19%))

4 (21%)

2 (10%)

8 (23%)

 Topotecan

16 (22%)

11 (21%)

6 (31%)

5 (23%)

9 (25%)

 Treosulfan

12 (17%)

8 (16%)

2 (11%)

5 (23%)

5 (14%)

 Paclitaxel

2 (3%)

2 (4%)

1 (5%)

1 (5%)

1 (3%)

 Gemcitabine

2 (3%)

1 (2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Vinorelbine

1 (1%)

1 (2%)

1 (5%)

1 (5%)

1 (3%)

 Bevacizumab

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (5%)

1 (3%)

P value

 

0.642

0.579

0.251

0.062

Maintenance treatment#

 Bevacizumab

8 (11%)

4 (8%)

2 (11%)

1 (5%)

2 (6%)

 Olaparib

3 (4%)

3 (6%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

P value

 

0.125

0.301

0.490

0.301

  1. Baseline patient demographics and disease characteristics according to immune cell level. P values are derived from chi-square test. * Neutrophil count cut-off 3.9 cells/mL.**T cells count cut-off: 536 cells/μL. *** B cell count cut-off: 72 cells/μL. **** NLR cut-off: 4.1. # Of the 72 patients, 11 recieved maintenance treatment in addition to the primary treatment regimen