Table 4.

Effect measures for outcomes of interest in patients undergoing esophagectomy.

Outcome	AGE GROUP OR/HR (95% CI)			p value for trend
	<70 years (n=334)	70–79 years (n=124)	≥80 years (n=16)
Anastomosis
Stricture	1.00	0.40 (0.21–0.75)	0.23 (0.03–1.76)	0.001
Hand-sewn	1.00	0.40 (0.21–0.77)	0.21 (0.03–1.62)	0.002
Stapled	1.00	N/C	N/C	-
Major morbidity	1.00	1.53 (1.01–2.33)	3.37 (1.12–10.19)	0.005
Mortality
30-day	1.00	5.53 (1.20–25.50)	11.07 (1.54–79.34)	0.008
90-day	1.00	2.91 (1.04–8.14)	7.50 (1.78–31.64)	0.004

CI: Confidence Interval, HR: Hazard Ratio, N/C: Not computable, OR: Odds Ratio