Research Article

Postoperative Monocyte Count Change Is a Better Predictor of Survival Than Preoperative Monocyte Count in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data of 686 ESCC patients accroding to AMC change.

Charateristics Total (N=686), %AMCcP value
Increased (N=573), %Decreased (N=113), %

SexMale583 (85.0)480 (83.8)103 (91.2)0.045
Female103 (15.0)93 (16.2)10 (8.8)
Age (years)⩽60316 (46.1)270 (47.1)46 (40.7)0.211
>60370 (53.9)303 (52.9)67 (59.3)
Pathology gradeWell differentiated49 (7.1)44 (7.7)5 (4.4)0.335
middle differentiated454 (66.2)381 (66.5)73 (64.6)
Poorly differentiated167 (24.3)133 (23.2)34 (30.1)
Undifferentiated2 (0.3)2 (0.3)0 (0)
Missing14 (2.0)13 (2.3)1 (0.9)
Depth of tumorT1a–1b64 (9.3)53 (9.2)11 (9.7)0.983
T2132 (19.2)110 (19.2)22 (19.5)
T3490 (71.4)410 (71.6)80 (70.8)
Lymph node metastasisN0298 (43.4)245 (42.8)53 (46.9)0.686
N1215 (31.3)185 (32.3)30 (26.5)
N2119 (17.3)98 (17.1)21 (18.6)
N354 (7.9)45 (7.9)9 (8.0)
Pathological stage1a–1b117 (17.1)94 (16.4)23 (20.4)0.565
2a–2b230 (33.5)195 (34.0)35 (31.0)
3a–3c339 (49.4)284 (49.6)55 (48.7)
Vessel invasiveYes210 (30.6)173 (30.2)37 (32.7)0.591
No476 (69.4)400 (69.8)76 (67.3)
Nerve infiltrationYes256 (37.3)208 (36.3)48 (42.5)0.215
No430 (62.7)365 (63.7)65 (57.5)
Treatment regimenS464 (67.6)384 (67.0)80 (70.8)0.710
S + postoperative C157 (22.9)133 (23.2)24 (21.2)
S + postoperative CRT65 (9.5)56 (9.8)9 (8.0)
Hospital time (days)⩽14542 (79.0)460 (80.3)82 (72.6)0.066
14144 (21.0)113 (19.7)31 (27.4)
Pre-AMCMedian0.5 (0.4-0.6)0.5 (0.4-0.6)0.7 (0.5-0.9)<0.001
Post-AMCMedian0.7 (0.6-0.9)0.8 (0.6-1.0)0.5 (0.3-0.6)<0.001
Pre-PlateletMedian201 (160-238)206.5 (149.5-244.0)200.0 (162.8-237.3)0.500
Post-PlateletMedian261 (200-331)263.0 (202.0-332.3)251.5 (177.0-324.0)0.074

S, surgery; C, chemotherapy; CRT, chemoradiotherapy; Pre-AMC: preoperative absolute monocyte count; Post-AMC: postoperative absolute monocyte count; AMCc: postoperative absolute monocyte count change; Pre-platelet: preoperative platelet; Post-platelet: postoperative platelet.