Diagnostic implications of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and systemic immune-inflammatory index for gastric carcinoma

Table 2 Variable assignment

Variable	Assignment method
Gender	Female = 0, male = 1
Age (year)	Continuous variable
BMI (kg/m2)	Continuous variable
Neutrophil count	Continuous variable
Lymphocyte count	Continuous variable
Platelet count	Continuous variable
NLR	Continuous variable
PLR	Continuous variable
SII	Continuous variable

NLR: Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR: Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; SII: Systemic immune-inflammatory index; BMI: Body mass index.