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Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of patients after propensity score matching

From: Feasibility analysis of combined surgery for esophageal cancer

Characteristic

SEC (N=174)

COEC (N=87)

P

SMD

Age

62.99±7.782

63.30±6.847

0.752

0.042

Sex

  

0.391

0.111

 Male

140 (80.5%)

66 (75.9%)

  

 Female

34 (19.5%)

21 (24.1%)

  

BMI

23.74±3.381

23.81±2.427

0.861

0.024

Smoking

  

0.334

0.127

 No

91 (59.0%)

51 (58.6%)

  

 Yes

83 (41.0%)

36 (41.4%)

  

Drinking

  

0.523

0.084

 No

119 (68.8%)

58 (66.7%)

  

 Yes

54 (31.2%)

29 (33.3%)

  

Lung disease

  

0.270

0.150

 No

157 (90.2%)

82 (94.3%)

  

 Yes

17 (9.8%)

5 (5.7%)

  

Diabetes

  

0.781

0.037

 No

154 (88.5%)

78 (89.7%)

  

 Yes

20 (11.5%)

9 (10.3%)

  

Hypertension

  

1.000

<0.001

 No

108 (632.1%)

54 (62.1%)

  

 Yes

66 (37.9%)

33 (37.9%)

  

Coronary heart disease

  

1.000

<0.001

 No

168 (96.6%)

84 (96.6%)

  

 Yes

6 (3.4%)

3 (3.4%)

  

Surgical history

  

0.830

0.028

 No

138 (79.3%)

68 (78.2%)

  

 Yes

36 (20.7%)

19 (21.8%)

  

FVC

3.63±0.750

3.58±0.717

0.614

0.067

FEV1

2.71±0.628

2.69±0.613

0.856

0.024

DLCO

7.13±1.773

7.18±1.719

0.850

0.025

EF

63.44±2.307

63.39±2.384

0.866

0.022

ALB

40.37±3.515

39.99±4.200

0.450

0.096

Neoadjuvant therapy

  

1.000

<0.001

 No

118 (67.8%)

59 (67.8%)

  

 Yes

56 (32.2%)

28 (32.2%)

  

Surgical procedures

  

0.898

0.017

 McKeown

151 (86.8%)

75 (86.2%)

  

 Othersa

23 (13.2%)

12 (13.8%)

  

Tumor location

  

0.168

0.102

 Upper

33 (19.0%)

10 (11.5%)

  

 Middle

65 (37.4%)

35 (40.2%)

  

 Lower

65 (37.4%)

40 (46.0%)

  

 GEJ

11 (6.3%)

2 (2.3%)

  

Tumor size (cm)

3.16±1.443

3.16±1.532

0.988

0.002

Histological type

  

0.738

0.040

 Squamous

154 (88.5%)

75 (86.2%)

  

 Adenocarcinoma

15 (8.6%)

10 (11.5%)

  

 Other

5 (2.9%)

2 (2.3%)

  

TNM stage

  

0.825

0.075

 1

65 (37.4%)

30 (34.5%)

  

 2

62 (35.6%)

32 (36.8%)

  

 3

44 (25.3%)

22 (25.3%)

  

 4

3 (1.7%)

3 (3.4%)

  
  1. BMI body mass index, FVC forced vital capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in one second, DLCO diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide, EF ejection fraction
  2. Othersaincluding Sweet esophagectomy, Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy, right thoracotomy with cervical anastomosis, mediastinoscopy-assisted esophagectomy, GEJ gastro-oesophageal junction cancers