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Table 2.

Odds ratios, with 95% confidence intervals, of age in relation to mortality outcomes after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

	Deaths [N (%)]	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
90-day all-cause mortality^a
Age, linear	195 (11)	1.05 (1.02–1.07)	1.05 (1.02–1.07)^b
Age, years
< 70	113 (10)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)^b
70–74	37 (11)	1.15 (0.72–1.83)	1.19 (0.72–1.96)^b
≥ 75	45 (19)	2.63 (1.60–4.31)	2.85 (1.68–4.84)^b
5-year all-cause mortality^c
Age, linear	1299 (75)	1.02 (1.01-1.03)	1.02 (1.01–1.03)^b
Age, years
< 70	849 (73)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)^b
70–74	251 (74)	1.02 (0.86–1.21)	1.05 (0.88–1.26)^b
≥ 75	199 (84)	1.49 (1.22–1.81)	1.56 (1.27–1.92)^b
5-year disease-specific mortality^d
Age, linear	1004 (65)	1.01 (1.00–1.02)	1.01 (1.01–1.02)^e
Age, years
< 70	673 (64)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)^e
70–74	193 (64)	0.98 (0.81–1.19)	1.06 (0.87–1.30)^e
≥ 75	138 (72)	1.28 (1.02–1.61)	1.38 (1.09–1.76)^e

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

^aLinear function of survival time

^bAdjusted for sex, education, Charlson comorbidity index, tumor histology, pathological tumor stage, and resection margin status

^cSpline function of time after surgery with 3 knots

^dSpline function of time after surgery with 4 knots

^eAdjusted for sex, education, neoadjuvant therapy, tumor histology, pathological tumor stage, and resection margin status