Prognostic significance of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in patients with stage III and IV colorectal cancer

Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of the enrolled patients

Characteristics	Patients (n = 1868)
Mean age (range), yr	65 (28-93)
Gender
Male	1072 (57.4)
Female	796 (42.6)
Location
Colon	892 (47.8)
Rectum	957 (51.2)
Unknown	19 (1.0)
Histology
Well differentiated	484 (25.9)
Moderate differentiated	1066 (57.1)
Poorly differentiated	139 (7.4)
Unknown	179 (9.6)
Tumor stage
I	281 (15.0)
II	551 (29.5)
III	667 (35.7)
IV	369 (19.8)
Chemotherapy
No	294 (15.8)
Yes	1574 (84.2)

Values are presented as mean (range) or n (%).