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Table 1 Patient and disease characteristics (N = 142)

From: Change in neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in response to immune checkpoint blockade for metastatic renal cell carcinoma

 

Number

Percent

Age at start of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy

  < 60

58

40.8

  ≥ 60

84

59.2

Smoker

 No

69

48.6

 Yes

72

50.7

 Unknown

1

0.7

Gender

 Female

41

28.9

 Male

101

71.1

Histology

 Clear cell RCC

120

84.5

 Non-clear cell RCC

22

15.5

Presence of Sarcomatoid

 No

119

83.8

 Yes

22

15.5

 Unknown

1

0.7

Presence of Rhabdoid

 No

134

94.4

 Yes

6

4.2

 Unknown

2

1.4

IMDC risk group at start of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy

 Favorable

26

18.3

 Intermediate

85

59.9

 Poor

31

21.8

Line of therapy

 1

62

43.7

 2

37

26.1

  ≥ 3

43

30.3

Type of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy

 Monotherapy

76

53.5

 Combination therapy

  PD-L1 + VEGF targeted therapy (n = 46)

  PD-1 + VEGF-targeted therapy (n = 9)

  PD-1 + CTLA-4 (n = 7)

  PD-1 + other (n = 4)

66

46.5

 

Median

range

NLR - baseline

3.9

1.3–42.4

NLR - week 6

4.1

1.1–96.4