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Table 3 Univariable and multivariable Cox regression analyses for regional lymph node recurrence

From: The impact of adjuvant therapies on patient survival and the recurrence patterns for resected stage IIa–IVa lower thoracic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Characteristic

Neck

Upper mediastinum

Abdomen

Univariable

Univariable

Multivariable

Univariable

Multivariable

HR

95%CI

HR

95%CI

exp(B)

95%CI

HR

95%CI

exp(B)

95%CI

Age

(≥ 60 v < 60)

0.64

0.26–1.55

1.02

0.47–2.23

0.47

0.21–1.06

Sex

(male v female)

2.48

0.75–7.98

0.56

0.15–2.16

2.10

0.69–6.43

T stage

(T1–2 v T3–4)

0.45

0.18–1.17

0.68

0.29–1.60

2.92

0.94–9.11

N stage

(N0 v N1–3)

2.80

0.89–8.82

1.42

0.61–3.31

2.11

0.83–5.36

TNM stage

(II v III + IV)

2.52

0.92–6.86

1.01

0.49–2.33

2.87

1.76–7.01

Length

(≥ 4 cm v < 4 cm)

1.10

0.44–2.75

0.93

0.43–2.04

0.84

0.38–1.89

Tumour emboli

(yes v no)

0.76

0.16–3.68

1.60

0.49–5.26

1.30

0.37–4.55

CT

(yes v no)

1.27

0.52–3.12

1.20

0.56–2.60

1.25

0.56–2.77

RT

(yes v no)

0.69

0.28–1.68

0.32

0.15–0.71

0.30

0.13–0.68

0.36

0.16–0.83

0.37

0.16–0.85

Positive LN in

UM

(yes v no)

1.17

0.35–3.92

3.33

1.23–9.06

3.72

1.30–10.67

0.73

0.22–2.37

LM

(yes v no)

2.97

1.19–7.39

1.24

0.56–2.71

0.67

0.29–1.57

Abdomen

(yes v no)

0.92

0.37–2.66

1.00

0.46–2.16

2.59

1.15–5.85

2.57

1.12–5.92

  1. CT chemotherapy, RT radiotherapy, LN lymph node, UM upper mediastinum, LM lower mediastinum
  2. There were statistically significant differences for data in Italics (p < 0.05)