Sarcopenia is associated with prognosis in patients with esophageal squamous cell cancer after radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

Characteristic	Non-sarcopenia	Sarcopenia	p value
Characteristic	n = 43, 20.2%	n = 170, 79.8%	p value
Age, years			0.163
> 65	21	103
≥ 65	22	67
Gender			0.064
Male	37	123
Female	6	47
Smoking			0.307
Yes	26	88
No	17	82
Alcohol			0.781
Yes	21	79
No	22	91
BMI, kg/m²			0.145
≥ 24	19	55
< 24	24	115
NRI			0.234
≥ 100		38	137
< 100		5	33
Anemia			0.325
Yes	12	61
No	31	109
Albumin			0.306
< 40	7	40
≥ 40	36	130
SATI (cm²/m²)			0.009
≤ 27.8	14	93
> 27.8	29	77
VATI (cm²/m²)			0.633
≤ 49.0	20	86
> 49.0	23	84
TATI (cm²/m²)			0.133
≤ 83.0	17	89
> 83.0	26	81
Location			0.063
Neck/upper	25	72
Middle/lower	18	98
Length (cm)			0.116
≤ 4	17	90
> 4	26	80
Treatment strategies			0.678
RT	8	55
CRT	36	114
TNM stage			0.871
I–II	16	61
III–IV	27	109
T stage			0.961
T1–2	9	35
T3–4	34	135
N stage			0.683
N0–1	14	61
N2–3	29	109

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