CHI3L1 and neoplasm: Comparison of YKL-40, NLR, and PC with respect to tumor grade was found to be significant for each of the markers (P <0.0001) while an inverse significant correlation was seen for YKL-40 and NLR with OS (r = -0.4619, P <0.0001, and r = -0.5561, P < 0.0001, respectively).