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In the clinical analysis, 8,121 patients who underwent elective surgery for CRC were enrolled in this retrospective cohort study from January 2008 to December 2014. Propensity score matching was used to address the differences in baseline characteristics. The Kaplan\u2013Meier method and Cox regression analysis were used to identify independent prognostic factors in patients with CRC.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>MPO was upregulated in CRC tissues, which is related to malignant progression and worse survival in CRC patients from TCGA analysis. MPO was significantly correlated with the infiltration level of neutrophils in CRC in TCGA, TIMER, and Human Cell Landscape analyses. MPO was positively correlated with the peripheral neutrophil count. Data of the 8,121 patients who underwent CRC surgery were available for analysis. After propensity score matching, 3,358 patients were included in each group. Kaplan\u2013Meier survival curves showed that high preoperative neutrophil levels were associated with decreased overall survival (OS; P &amp;lt; 0.001) and disease-free survival (DFS; P = 0.015). The preoperative neutrophil count was an independent risk factor for OS (hazard ratio [HR], 1.157; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.055\u20131.268; P = 0.002) and DFS (HR, 1.118; 95% CI, 1.009\u20131.238; P = 0.033).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our research indicates that increased MPO levels in CRC are significantly correlated with high preoperative neutrophil counts, and both serve as prognostic indicators for worse survival in CRC patients. 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