From: Developments in esophageal surgery for adenocarcinoma: a comparison of two decades
 | Decade I (9/1985–9/1995) (n = 40) | Decade II (10/1995–9/2005) (n = 115) | ||
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multivariate analysis | Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | p-value | Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | p-value |
pT-category | 1.267 (0.793–2.024) | n.s. | 1.777 (1.249–2.529) | 0.001* |
pN-category | 2.444 (1.219–4.901) | 0.012* | 1.866 (1.005–3.462) | 0.048* |
pM-category | 1.544 (0.658–3.622) | n.s. | 1.766 (1.017–3.067) | 0.043* |
grading | 1.017 (0.593–1.746) | n.s. | 1.143 (0.787–1.661) | n.s. |
age | 1.017 (0.970–1.067) | n.s. | 1.002 (0.975–1.030) | n.s. |
ASA | 0.989 (0.460–2.125) | n.s. | 0.993 (0.613–1.608) | n.s. |
gender | 1.882 (0.613–5.778) | n.s. | 0.535 (0.235–1.217) | n.s. |