Table 6.
Means and medians for the survival time (months) of ESCC patients with positive or negative expression of P. gingivalis and Lys-gingipain
| Factors | Group | Meana | Mediana | p value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 % Confidence interval | ||||||||||
| Est. | Std. error | Lower bound | Upper bound | Est. | Std. error | Lower bound | Upper bound | |||
| Pg | Positive | 20.139 | 2.238 | 15.752 | 24.526 | 19.000 | 5.874 | |||
| Negative | 25.971 | 1.264 | 23.493 | 28.449 | ||||||
| Overall | 23.981 | 1.225 | 21.580 | 26.382 | 0.036 | |||||
| KGP | Positive | 22.475 | 1.507 | 19.521 | 25.430 | 27.000 | 1.648 | 23.770 | 30.230 | |
| Negative | 27.708 | 0.874 | 25.996 | 29.421 | ||||||
| Overall | 23.981 | 1.225 | 21.580 | 26.382 | 0.048 | |||||
aEstimation is limited to the largest survival time; “Est.” and “Std.” are the abbreviations of “estimated” and “standard” respectively