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

Table 5

Disease-free 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)	0.671	0.468-0.962	0.030	0.656	0.456-0.943	0.023
Sex	1.177	0.778-1.782	0.440
Age (years)	0.993	0.9974-1.011	0.425
Depth of tumor	1.137	0.898-1.439	0.286
Lymph node metastasis	1.601	1.382-1.855	<0.001	1.572	1.263-1.957	<0.001
Pathological stage	1.557	1.257-1.928	<0.001	0.849	0.620-1.165	0.311
Vessel invasive	1.273	0.935-1.732	0.125
Nerve infiltration	1.608	1.205-2.145	0.001	1.462	1.081-1.978	0.014
Treatment regimen	1.368	1.219-1.535	<0.001	1.274	1.128-1.440	<0.001
Hospital time (days)	0.998	0.982-1.013	0.759