Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies.

From: Prognostic significance of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in prostate cancer: evidence from 16,266 patients

Study

Year

Country

Ethnicity

Sample size

PCa type

Treatment method

Cut-off value Of NLR

Survival analysis

Shafique16

2012

UK

Caucasian

709

All PCa

NR

5

OS

Linton15

2013

Australia

Caucasian

182

mCRPC

Chemotherapy

5

OS

Nuhn12

2014

USA

Caucasian

247

mCRPC

Chemotherapy

3

OS

Sumbul25

2014

Turkey

Asian

33

mCRPC

Chemotherapy

3

PFS

Templeton13

2014

Canada

Caucasian

357

mCRPC

Chemotherapy

3

OS

Bahig24

2015

Canada

Caucasian

950

Localized PCa

Radiotherapy

3

OS,PFS

Kwon23

2015

USA

Caucasian

217

Localized PCa

Prostatectomy

2.6

RFS

Langsenlehner14

2015

Austria

Caucasian

415

Localized PCa

Radiotherapy

5

OS,PFS

Lee22

2015

Korea

Asian

1367

Localized PCa

Prostatectomy

2.5

RFS

Lorente21

2015

UK

Caucasian

755

mCRPC

Chemotherapy

3

OS,PFS

Poyet20

2015

Switzerland

Caucasian

399

Localized PCa

Prostatectomy

2.67

RFS

Sharma19

2015

USA

Caucasian

8350

Localized PCa

Prostatectomy

5

OS,PFS

Soest117

2015

Netherland

Caucasian

1224

mCRPC

Chemotherapy

2

OS

Soest217

2015

Netherland

Caucasian

1006

mCRPC

Chemotherapy

2.1

OS

Yao18

2015

Japan

Asian

55

mCRPC

Chemotherapy

3.5

OS,PFS

  1. NR: not reported; OS: overall survival; PFS: progression-free survival.