Table 2 Comparison of C-index and time-dependent AUC between PNI, PLR, LMR, NLR, and SII.

From: Prognostic nutritional index is a better inflammation based prognostic marker in elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after surgery

Outcome

Marker

C-index

1-years AUC

3-years AUC

5-years AUC

p-value

Overall

survival

PNI

0.594(0.048)

0.546(0.051)

0.624(0.035)

0.622(0.038)

reference

PLR

0.511(0.052)

0.547(0.056)

0.515(0.038)

0.461(0.039)

0.013

LMR

0.534(0.051)

0.490(0.055)

0.532(0.038)

0.535(0.040)

0.026

NLR

0.550(0.050)

0.558(0.051)

0.567(0.036)

0.498(0.040)

0.196

SII

0.505(0.052)

0.448(0.055)

0.514(0.038)

0.566(0.039)

0.008

Recurrence

PNI

0.570(0.041)

0.568(0.032)

0.629(0.032)

0.573(0.046)

reference

PLR

0.551(0.045)

0.600(0.035)

0.545(0.032)

0.465(0.041)

0.024

LMR

0.538(0.042)

0.540(0.034)

0.555(0.033)

0.511(0.045)

0.039

NLR

0.548(0.043)

0.567(0.034)

0.555(0.033)

0.488(0.042)

0.049

SII

0.529(0.044)

0.581(0.035)

0.514(0.033)

0.426(0.039)

0.009

  1. The parentheses are standard errors. AUC, areas under receiver operating characteristic curve; PNI, prognostic nutritional index; PLR, platelet to lymphocyte ratio; LMR, lymphocyte to monocyte ratio; NLR, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; SII, systemic immune-inflammation index.