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Scatter plots for breast cancer. Results are shown for total white blood cell count (upper left), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (upper right), neutrophil count (lower left), lymphocyte count (lower right) a function of time from the start of follow-up (one year after the baseline assessment) until cancer diagnosis. Solid line indicates cubic regression trend fitted for cases and the red dotted line indicates the population mean values of each y-axis variable.
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