Table 4.

Adjusted predictors of survival among patients treated with esophagectomy for cT2N0 esophageal cancer

Predictor	Hazard ratio	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI	p-value
Induction therapy	1.16	0.87	1.56	0.32
Age (per decade)	1.22	1.06	1.40	0.005
Female sex	1.06	0.68	1.65	0.80
Race (ref = White)
Black	1.13	0.52	2.48	0.76
Other	1.14	0.39	3.34	0.81
Charlson/Deyo (0,1,2)	1.07	0.84	1.36	0.57
Squamous histology (vs. adenocarcinoma)	1.35	0.90	2.02	0.15
Pathologic Stage (per stage group)	1.61	1.33	1.94	<0.001
Education above median	1.05	0.73	1.50	0.80
Income above median	0.86	0.59	1.26	0.45
Facility volume (per 10 annual cases)	0.89	0.83	0.96	0.002