Table 5.

Multivariable analysis of all 412 patients undergoing esophagectomy with gastric pull-up and cervical esophagogastrostomy (logistic regression analysis; bootstrapping procedure)

Anastomotic dehiscence	Odds ratio	Std. Err	t	p	[95% Conf. Interval]
Age	0.957	0.014	− 3.01	0.003	0.930	0.985
BMI	1.063	0.033	2.01	0.045	1.001	1.129
CRP 3rd postoperative day	1.004	0.002	2.21	0.027	1.000	1.008
Manual suturing	1.877	0.648	1.82	0.068	0.954	3.695
ASA	1.890	0.492	2,44	0.015	1.134	3.149
Retrosternal conduit transposition	1.644	0.597	1.37	0.171	0.807	3.351

ASA American Society of Anaesthesiologists performance score, BMI Body Mass Index, CRP C-reactive protein

Bold values are statistically significant for P values