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Table 2 Correlation of clinico-pathologic variables and Ki-67 with NLR

From: Peripheral Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), a cogent clinical adjunct for Ki-67 in breast cancer

Cases (n = 73)

NLR

Ch2-value

p-value

Low (n = 26)

High (n = 47)

SBR grade

 1 (n = 8)

5 (62.5%)

3 (37.5%)

4.878

 > 0.05

 2 (n = 56)

20 (35.7%)

36 (64.3%)

 3 (n = 9)

1 (11.1%)

8 (88.9%)

Molecular subtype

 Luminal A (n = 15)

8 (53.3%)

7 (46.7%)

4.856

 > 0.05

 Luminal B (n = 14)

6 (42.9%)

8 (57.1%)

 Triple negative (n = 28)

6 (21.4%)

22 (78.6%)

 Her2 enriched (n = 16)

6 (37.5%)

10 (62.5%)

TNM stage

 I (n = 0)

0

0

36.948

 < 0.001

 II (n = 43)

25 (58.1%)

18 (41.9%)

 III (n = 30)

1 (3.3%)

29 (96.7%)

Ki-67 expression

 Low (n = 11)

11 (100%)

0

43.107

 < 0.001

 Intermediate (n = 21)

13 (61.9%)

08 (38.1%)

 High (n = 41)

02 (4.9%)

39 (95.1%)