Table 3 Comparison of the preoperative risk profile between patients with squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
From: Morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma: A risk analysis
Parameter | Squamous cell carcinoma (n = 229) | Adenocarcinoma (n = 150) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
- Age (years) | 56.0 (29–84) | 61.0 (28–78) | 0.0001* |
- Sex (% males) | 79.8 | 87.4 | 0.071 |
- BMI (kg/m2) | 23.2 (13.9–34.9) | 25.8 (15.8–39.3) | 0.0001* |
- ASA-classification (%) | Â | Â | Â |
-II | 33.2 | 43.2 | Â |
-III | 62.4 | 52.1 | 0.072 |
-IV | 4.4 | 4.8 | Â |
- Nutritional risk (%) | Â | Â | Â |
-No nutritional risk (%) | 16.2 | 43.2 | 0.0001* |
-Alcohol use (%) | 69.5 | 42.9 | 0.0001* |
-Tobacco use (%) | 73.5 | 38.1 | 0.0001* |
-Combined risk (%) | 83.8 | 56.9 | 0.0001* |
- Cardiovascular PD (%) | 30.4 | 24.7 | 0.240 |
- Pulmonary PD (%) | 14.7 | 14.4 | 0.593 |
-VC (l) | 3.7 (1.0–6.6) | 3.8 (1.9–6.1) | 0.3063 |
-FEV 1 (l/sec) | 2.8 (0.5–5.2) | 3.1 (1.3–5.9) | 0.0078* |
- Hepatopathy (%) | 8.1 | 1.4 | 0.0001* |
- Diabetes mellitus (%) | 4.9 | 7.5 | 0.369 |
- Secondary carcinoma (%) | 11.2 | 8.2 | 0.382 |