Significance of preoperative peripheral blood neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in predicting postoperative survival in patients with multiple myeloma bone disease

Table 5 Univariate analysis of the preoperative laboratory examination of patients in the high and the low neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio group

Preoperative laboratory examination	NLR < 3 (n = 56)	NLR ≥ 3 (n = 26)	P value
Hb (g/L)	112.66 ± 24.88	100.58 ± 25.91	0.047a
PLT (109/L)a	208.38 ± 77.39	196.89 ± 103.64	0.577
ALb (g/L)	32.88 ± 6.02	31.16 ± 6.29	0.237
AST (U/L)	22.89 ± 8.39	33.96 ± 18.79	0.007a
ALT (U/L)	19.89 ± 10.28	28.46 ± 24.17	0.093
Γ-GT (U/L)	34.11 ± 27.52	47.58 ± 38.19	0.073
Blood β2-MG (mg/L)	5.43 ± 9.08	4.10 ± 2.85	0.475
Cr (umol/L)	84.54 ± 73.73	89.38 ± 85.84	0.794
Preoperative CRP (mg/L)	2.60 ± 3.84	3.67 ± 3.93	0.411
Post-operative CRP (mg/L)	1.98 ± 2.79	1.83 ± 2.06	0.877

^aP < 0.05.

NLR: Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; CPR: C-reactive protein; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; Hb: Hemoglobin; Alb: Albumin; ALT: Alanine transaminase; Γ-GT: Glutamyl transpeptidase; Cr: Creatinine.