CHI3L1 and neoplasm: A significant positive correlation of YKL-40 (r = 0.5252, P <0.0001), NLR (r = 0.5041, P<0.0001) and PC (r = 0.3583, P = 0.002) was obtained with respect to tumor grade while a significant inverse correlation of YKL-40 (r = -0.4619, P <0.0001), NLR (r = -0.5561, P <0.0001), and PC (r = -0.4464, P <0.0001) was reached with OS.