Table 1:
Sociodemographic and clinical esophageal cancer-related characteristics in 803 postoperative survivors
| Characteristics | n (%) | Characteristics | n (%)or Mmean±SD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic | Type of payment | ||
| Gender | At public expense | 20 (2.49) | |
| Male | 561 (69.9) | Health insurance | 722 (89.9) |
| Female | 242 (30.1) | Self-payment | 61 (7.6) |
| Age (yr) | Clinical characteristics | ||
| <50 | 81 (10.1) | Histologic diagnosis | |
| 50–59 | 264 (32.9) | Squamous cell carci- | 762 (94.9) |
| 60–69 | 299 (37.2) | Adenocarcinoma | 41 (5.1) |
| 70–79 | 101 (12.6) | Tumor length | 3.2 ± 0.4 |
| ≥80 | 58 (7.2) | Distance from incisors | 35.7 ± 6.4 |
| Ethnicity | Dysphagia grade | 3.4 ± 0.4 | |
| Han | 786 (97.9) | Karnofsky score | 78.4 ± 1.3 |
| Other | 17 (2.1) | BMI (kg/m2)c | |
| Marital status | <20 | 275 (34.3) | |
| Have spouses | 698 (86.9) | 20–25 | 414 (51.5) |
| No spouses | 105 (13.1) | 25–30 | 95 (11.8) |
| Living status | >30 | 19 (2.4) | |
| Living alone | 46 (5.7) | Pathologic stage in TNM | |
| Living with family | 757 (94.3) | I | 4 (0.5) |
| Education | IIA | 369 (46.0) | |
| Illiterate | 196 (24.4) | IIB | 205 (25.5) |
| ≤ Elementary | 267 (33.3) | III | 223 (27.8) |
| <High school | 216 (26.9) | IV | 2 (0.2) |
| ≥High school | 109 (13.6) | Comorbid disease | 1.47(0.2) |
| College or above | 15 (1.8) | No. comorbid conditionsd | |
| Occupationb | 0 | 445 (55.4) | |
| White-collar | 172 (21.4) | 1 | 141 (17.6) |
| Blue-collar | 39 (4.9) | 2 | 115 (14.3) |
| Rural farmer | 592(73.7) | 3 | 84 (10.5) |
| Monthly Income (￥)a | 4 or more | 18 (2.2) | |
| <500 | 242 (30.1) | ||
| 500–1000 | 351 (43.7) | ||
| ≥1000 | 210 (26.2) | ||
Note: Abbreviations: SD= standard deviation; BMI=body mass index.
A: According to HENAN STATISTICAL YEAR BOOK 2013, an annual statistical publication that fully reflect the development of economy and society of Henan. The low income is <500 RMB/month/person, the middle income is 500 ～ 1000 RMB/month/person and the high income is ≥1000 RMB/month/person.
B: There are some Chinese cultures in which the white-collar refers to civil service like teacher, lawyer, doctors et al, and the blue-collar refers to people work in factory.
C: The category in the study is established referencing the health status of local inhabitants, on the basis of WHO.
D: Comorbidcondition, it refers to some chronic disease exist with the esophageal cancer at the same time. Such as hyperten-sion, diabetes, cardiovascular, respiratory disease and so on.1, 2, 3 et al refer to number of those concomitant disease