Table 1. Clinicopathological factors and association with TILs in ESCC.

	No.	sTIL (>10%)		P value	iTIL (>10%)		P value
		Low	High		Low	High
Sex				0.634			0.761
Female	38	23	15		23	15
Male	197	111	86		114	83
Age				0.472			0.904
<60	97	58	39		57	40
≥60	139	77	62		80	58
Differentiation				0.377			0.023
well	4	3	1		3	1
moderate	133	71	62		87	46
poor	98	60	38		47	51
Vessel invasion				0.798			0.545
No	189	107	82		112	77
Yes	46	27	19		25	21
Nerve invasion				0.498			0.518
No	166	97	69		99	67
Yes	69	37	32		38	31
Lymph node metastasis				0.475			0.383
No	111	66	45		68	43
Yes	124	68	56		69	55
Site				0.026			0.210
Upper	12	4	8		4	8
Middle	112	73	39		67	45
Lower	102	52	50		59	43
Stage				0.699			0.646
I–II	136	79	57		81	55
III–IVa	99	55	44		56	43
Smoking				0.624			0.570
No	134	78	56		80	54
Yes	100	55	45		56	44

sTIL, stromal infiltrating lymphocytes; iTIL, intratumoural infiltrating lymphocytes.