The Postoperative Lymphocyte to Monocyte Ratio Change Predicts Poor Clinical Outcome in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Curative Resection

Table 4

Disease-free survival analyses according to LMR change in 674 patients with ESCC.

Variables	Univariate			Multivariate
	HR	95% CI	value	HR	95% CI	value
NLRc	1.013	0.976-1.060	0.591
LMRc	0.677	0.507-0.905	0.008	0.640	0.476-0.859	0.003
PLRc	1.000	0.998-1.001	0.617
Sex	1.210	0.788-1.858	0.383
Age (years)	0.992	0.973-1.010	0.376
Pathology grade	1.652	1.264-2.157	<0.001	1.515	1.140-2.014	0.004
Depth of tumor	1.144	0.902-1.450	0.266
Lymph node metastasis	1.598	1.377-1.853	<0.001	1.534	1.222-1.926	<0.001
Pathological stage	1.558	1.257-1.932	<0.001	0.824	0.595-1.140	0.242
Vessel invasive	1.292	0.949-1.760	0.104
Nerve infiltration	1.623	1.213-2.170	0.001	1.580	1.160-2.150	0.004
Treatment regimen	1.385	1.233-1.556	<0.001	1.284	1.133-1.45	<0.001
Hospital time (days)	1.000	0.989-1.012	0.975