Table 1 Patients’ characteristics at the baseline before and after matching
Before matching | After matching | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
nCRT (%) | nCT (%) | P | nCRT (%) | nCT (%) | P | |
All patients | 81 | 89 | 60 | 60 | ||
Age | 0.273 | 0.707 | ||||
≥ 60 | 49 (60.5) | 61 (68.5) | 38 (63.3) | 36 (60.0) | ||
< 60 | 32 (39.5) | 28 (31.5) | 22 (36.7) | 24 (40.0) | ||
Sex | 0.062 | 0.509 | ||||
Male | 75 (92.6) | 74 (83.1) | 56 (93.3) | 54 (90.0) | ||
Female | 6 (7.4) | 15 (16.9) | 4 (6.7) | 6 (10.0) | ||
Siewert type | 0.000 | 0.456 | ||||
II | 42 (51.9) | 22 (24.7) | 26 (43.3) | 22 (36.7) | ||
III | 39 (48.1) | 67 (75.3) | 34 (56.7) | 38 (63.3) | ||
ECOG | 0.193 | 0.729 | ||||
0 | 9 (11.1) | 5 (5.6) | 4 (6.7) | 5 (8.3) | ||
1 | 72 (88.9) | 84 (94.4) | 56 (93.3) | 55 (91.7) | ||
cT | 0.030 | 0.822 | ||||
3 | 24 (29.6) | 14 (15.7) | 13 (21.7) | 12 (20.0) | ||
4 | 57 (70.4) | 75 (84.3) | 47 (78.3) | 48 (80.0) | ||
cN | 0.902 | 0.500 | ||||
N0 | 17 (21.0) | 18 (20.2) | 14 (23.3) | 11 (18.3) | ||
N+ | 64 (79.0) | 71 (79.8) | 46 (76.7) | 49 (81.7) | ||
Her-2 | 0.258 | 0.395 | ||||
Unknown | 35 (43.2) | 47 (52.8) | 26 (43.3) | 25 (41.7) | ||
0/1 | 28 (34.6) | 29 (32.6) | 21 (35.0) | 24 (40.0) | ||
2+ | 15 (18.5) | 8 (9.0) | 11 (18.3) | 6 (10.0) | ||
3+ | 3 (3.7) | 5 (5.6) | 2 (3.3) | 5 (8.3) | ||