Role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte, platelet-to-lymphocyte, and monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratios in rectal cancer prognosis

Table 3 Predictive analysis of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio

Index	AUC	Sensitivity, %	Specificity, %	Youden index	SE	95%CI
NLR	0.660	67.86	54.61	0.310	0.0563	0.586-0.729
PLR	0.668	75.00	55.30	0.303	0.0553	0.595-0.737
MLR	0.635	60.71	48.03	0.314	0.0657	0.560-0.706
Joint indicators	0.825a	89.29	90.79	0.602	0.0496	0.761-0.877

^aP < 0.05 indicates statistical significance compared with the other indicators. MLR: Monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio; NLR: Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR: Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; AUC: Area under the curve; CI: Confidence interval; SE: Standard error.