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

Table 2

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

Variables	Univariate			Multivariate
	HR	95% CI	P value	HR	95% CI	P value
Pre-AMC	2.145	1.124-4.095	0.021	2.031	1.058-3.898	0.033
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	1.344	0.970-1.862	0.075
Lymph node metastasis	1.758	1.548-1.996	<0.001	1.777	1.449-2.180	<0.001
Pathological stage	1.905	1.548-2.344	<0.001	0.813	0.561-1.179	0.275
Vessel invasive	1.753	1.348-2.280	<0.001	1.186	0.892-1.576	0.24
Nerve infiltration	1.838	1.422-2.376	<0.001	1.543	1.177-2.023	0.002
Treatment regimen	1.009	0.899-1.131	0.883
Hospital time (days)	1.007	0.995-1.019	0.24