Table 4.

Multivariate analysis, risk factors for 30 day hospital readmission

Variable	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Limits		P value
Operative approach
Transthoracic	1 (Ref)
Transhiatal	1.08	0.78	1.50	0.64
Complex reconstruction	0.92	0.52	1.61	0.77
Neoadjuvant Therapy
No	1 (Ref)
Yes	1.15	0.83	1.60	0.40
Gender
Male	1 (Ref)
Female	1.32	0.86	2.02	0.21
Age	1.01	0.98	1.04	0.67
Race
Caucasian	1 (Ref)
African American	1.98	0.90	4.34	0.09
Other	0.62	0.18	2.18	0.46
Marital status
Married	1 (Ref)
Unmarried	1.05	0.72	1.53	0.81
Education
Lowest 25%	1.22	0.82	1.83	0.33
Other	1 (Ref)
Poverty Level
Lowest 25%	0.83	0.42	1.63	0.58
Other	1 (Ref)
Charlson Comorbidity Index
0	1 (Ref)
1	1.10	0.76	1.58	0.62
2	1.22	0.65	2.29	0.54
3+	2.36	1.09	5.09	0.03
Type of admission
Elective	1 (Ref)
Emergency	1.28	0.59	2.82	0.53
Urgent*	1.88	1.07	3.32	0.03
Location of tumor in esophagus
Lower	1 (Ref)
Middle	1.00	0.59	1.70	0.99
Upper	1.20	0.51	2.83	0.68
Other	1.12	0.64	1.94	0.69
Histology
Adenocarcinoma	1 (Ref)
Squamous Cell	0.84	0.52	1.36	0.48
Other/ Unknown	1.08	0.49	2.39	0.86
Grade
Well / moderate	1 (Ref)
Poor / undifferentiated	1.24	0.88	1.74	0.23
Unknown	1.23	0.73	2.07	0.45
Stage
I	1 (Ref)
II	1.23	0.83	1.82	0.30
III	0.86	0.56	1.31	0.47
IV	0.56	0.16	2.03	0.38
Unknown	1.06	0.35	3.17	0.92
Area of residence
Metropolitan	1 (Ref)
Urban	1.59	1.06	2.39	0.02
Rural	2.26	0.92	5.55	0.08