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

Table 4

Overall survival analyses according to AMC change in 686 patients with ESCC.

Variables	Univariate			Multivariate
	HR	95% CI	P value	HR	95% CI	P value
AMCc (increased vs. decreased)	0.581	0.428-0.789	0.001	0.614	0.450-0.837	0.002
Sex	1.175	0.809-1.705	0.398
Age (years)	1.001	0.984-1.018	0.926
Depth of tumor	1.508	1.177-1.932	0.001	1.339	0.970-1.849	0.076
Lymph node metastasis	1.758	1.548-1.996	<0.001	1.766	1.441-2.165	<0.001
Pathological stage	1.905	1.548-2.344	<0.001	0.838	0.578-1.217	0.354
Vessel invasive	1.753	1.348-2.280	<0.001	1.184	0.892-1.573	0.243
Nerve infiltration	1.838	1.422-2.376	<0.001	1.479	1.129-1.936	0.004
Treatment regimen	1.009	0.899-1.131	0.883
Hospital time (days)	1.007	0.995-1.019	0.24