Research Article

A Novel Inflammation-Based Stage (I Stage) in Patients with Resectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 2

The relationship between I stage and clinicopathological characteristics.

I stage 0I stage 1I stage 2I stage 3 value
()()()()

Age (years)0.817
 ≤6066583725
 >6046392923
Gender0.375
 Female181455
 Male94836143
Tumor length (cm)<0.001
 ≤3453194
 >367665744
Tumor location0.488
 Upper8414
 Middle51492823
 Lower53443721
Vessel involvement0.385
 Negative99795438
 Positive13181210
Perineural invasion0.043
 Negative98705240
 Positive1427148
Differentiation0.310
 Good1710125
 Moderate80654130
 Poor15221313
T stage<0.001
 T1331831
 T22314117
 T350584229
 T4671011
N stage<0.001
 N071553216
 N130301215
 N2691210
 N353107
TNM stage<0.001
 I462195
 II31412210
 III35353533