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. 2023 Mar 26;13:4931. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32171-w

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of pT2N0M0 patients with ESCC.

Characteristics Total (n = 413) Training cohort (n = 304) Validation cohort (n = 109)
No. of patients (%) No. of patients (%) No. of patients (%)
Age
 < 65 208 (50.36) 155 (50.99) 53 (48.62)
 ≥ 65 205 (49.64) 149 (49.01) 56 (51.38)
Gender
 Female 100 (24.21) 68 (22.37) 32 (29.36)
 Male 313 (75.79) 236 (77.63) 77 (70.64)
Location
 Upper 27 (6.54) 23 (7.57) 4 (3.67)
 Middle 273 (66.10) 190 (62.50) 83 (76.15)
 Low 113 (27.36) 91 (29.93) 22 (20.18)
Grade
 Poor 110 (26.63) 85 (27.96) 25 (22.94)
 Well 303 (73.37) 219 (72.04) 84 (77.06)
Length (cm)
 > 2 342 (82.81) 249 (81.91) 93 (85.32)
 ≤ 2 71 (17.19) 55 (18.09) 16 (14.86)
Lymph node harvested
 > 10 152 (36.80) 112 (36.84) 40 (36.70)
 ≤ 10 261 (63.20) 192 (63.16) 69 (63.30)
Radiotherapy
 No 354 (85.71) 260 (85.53) 94 (84.24)
 Yes 59 (14.29) 44 (14.47) 15 (13.76)
Chemotherapy
 No 308 (74.58) 229 (75.32) 79 (72.48)
 Yes 85 (20.58) 75 (24.67) 30 (27.52)