Excessive Pretreatment Weight Loss Is a Risk Factor for the Survival Outcome of Esophageal Carcinoma Patients Undergoing Radical Surgery and Postoperative Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Table 1
Characteristics of the 121 patients with esophageal carcinoma enrolled in this study.
Characteristics
Pre-LWL
Pre-HWL
value
LWL
HWL
UW
NW
OW
value
Total
54
67
30
91
14
86
21
Gender
0.732
0.432
0.407
Male
43
55
26
72
13
68
17
Female
11
12
4
19
1
18
4
Age (years)
0.043
0.082
0.353
<55
19
37
18
38
9
38
9
≥55
35
30
12
53
5
48
12
T stage
0.020
<0.001
<0.001
T1-2
23
15
1
37
0
25
13
T3-4
31
52
29
54
14
61
8
N Stage
0.231
0.369
0.201
N0
23
26
13
36
3
36
10
N1
19
17
6
30
3
28
5
N2-3
12
24
11
25
8
22
6
Location
0.170
0.956
0.080
Cervical and superior
11
14
6
19
3
13
9
Middle thoracic
37
37
18
56
7
57
10
Inferior thoracic
6
16
6
16
4
16
2
Pathology
0.577
0.839
0.010
High differentiation
17
17
8
26
3
21
10
Middle differentiation
20
31
14
37
7
42
2
Low differentiation
17
19
8
28
4
23
9
Pre-LWL, low pretreatment weight loss; pre-HWL, high pretreatment weight loss; LWL, low weight loss during treatment; HWL, high weight loss during treatment; UW, underweight; NW, normal weight; OW, overweight; values were calculated using the χ2 test. to the 7th AJCC/UICC staging system.
