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. 2017 Feb 23;8(2):e75. doi: 10.1038/ctg.2017.5

Table 3. The risk factors for esophageal stricture formation by crude logistic regression before and after propensity score matching.

  Before matching (n=150)
After matching (n=74)
  n case (%) Crude OR (95%CI) P-value n case (%) Crude OR (95%CI) P-value
Age 150 37 (24.7) 0.97 (0.93–1.02) 0.29 74 24 (32.4) 0.95 (0.85–1.06) 0.37
                 
Gender
 Male 122 30 (24.6) 1.00   59 19 (32.2) 1.00  
 Female 28 7 (25.0) 1.02 (0.40–2.64) 0.96 15 5 (33.3) 1.54 (0.34–7.08) 0.58
                 
ASA-PS
 1 19 7 (36.8) 1.00   6 4 (66.7) 1.00  
 2 114 27 (23.7) 0.53 (0.19–1.49) 0.23 60 19 (31.7) 0.99
 3 17 3 (17.6) 0.37 (0.08–1.74) 0.21 8 1 (12.5) 0.99
                 
Location
 Ce, Ut 28 11 (39.3) 1.00   13 8 (61.5) 1.00  
 Mt 71 12 (16.9) 0.31 (0.12–0.84) 0.02 34 8 (23.5) 0.25 (0.03–2.24) 0.22
 Lt, Ae 51 14 (27.5) 0.59 (0.22–1.55) 0.28 27 8 (29.6) 0.99
                 
Endoscopic appearance
 Elevated 6 1 (16.7) 1.00   3 1 (33.3) 1.00  
 Flat 15 2 (13.3) 0.77 (0.06–10.49) 0.84 6 1 (16.7) 0.99
 Depressed 129 34 (26.4) 1.79 (0.20–15.87) 0.60 65 22 (33.8)   0.99
                 
Tumor diameter (mm) 150 37 (24.7) 1.04 (1.01–1.07) <0.01 74 24 (32.4) 1.04 (0.96–1.12) 0.36
                 
Steroid injection
 Yes 58 12 (20.7) 0.70 (0.32–1.53) 0.37 37 7 (18.9) 1.00  
 No 92 25 (27.2) 1.00   37 17 (45.9) 6.00 (1.34–26.8) 0.02
                 
Cutting diameter 150 37 (24.7) 1.02 (0.99–1.05) 0.07 74 24 (32.4) 1.02 (0.97–1.07) 0.54
Treatment Time 150 37 (24.7) 1.01 (0.99–1.01) 0.11 74 24 (32.4) 0.99 (0.97–1.03) 0.93
Circumferential mucosal defect (%) 150 37 (24.7) 1.12 (1.01–1.17) <0.01 74 24 (32.4) 1.08 (0.98–1.19) 0.14
                 
Histology
 SCC 146 36 (24.8) 1.00   73 24 (32.9) 1.00  
 Adenocarcinoma 4 1 (25.0) 1.01 (0.10–10.01) 0.99 1 0 (0.0) 0.99
                 
Invaion depth
 EP/LPM 97 24 (24.7) 1.00   45 14 (31.1) 1.00  
 MM/SM1 37 10 (27.0) 1.13 (0.48–2.66) 0.79 22 8 (36.4) 1.67 (0.40–6.97) 0.48
 SM2 16 3 (18.8) 0.70 (0.18–2.67) 0.60 7 2 (28.6) 0.99
                 
Previous CRT
 Yes 9 0 (0.0) 3 0 (0.0)
 No 141 37 (26.2) 1.00   71 24 (33.8) 1.00  

Ae, abdominal esophagus; ASA-PS, American Society of Anaesthesiologist Physical Status classification; Ce, cervical esophagus; CI, confidence interval; CRT, chemoradiotherapy; EP, epithelium; LPM, lamina propria; Lt, lower thoracic esophagus; MM, muscularis mucosa; Mt, middle thoracic esophagus; OR, odds ratio; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; SM1, submucosal invasion <200 μm; SM2, submucosal invasion ≥200 μm; Ut, upper thoracic esophagus.