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Table 3 Multivariate analysis of prognostic factors of survival in patients with TE-SCC with CLM

From: Cervical lymph node metastasis classified as regional nodal staging in thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after radical esophagectomy and three-field lymph node dissection

Variable

Regression coefficient B

SE

Wald value

HR (95% CI)

P-value

Sex (male vs. female)

-0.294

0.127

5.342

0.745 (0.581-0.956)

0.021

Tumor length (≤5 cm vs. >5 cm)

0.202

0.106

3.651

1.224 (0.995-1.505)

0.056

pT category (T1, 2, 3, 4)

0.283

0.096

8.687

1.327 (1.100-1.602)

0.003

Number of nodal metastases (1-2, 3-6, ≥7)

0.332

0.102

10.533

1.393 (1.140-1.702)

0.001

Fields of LNM (1 field, 2 fields, 3 fields)

0.203

0.100

4.109

1.225 (1.007-1.490)

0.043

Treatment program (surgery only vs. surgery + radiation)

-0.414

0.107

15.025

0.661 (0.536-0.815)

<0.0001