Table 2 Demographics and clinicopathological characteristics of patients with esophageal carcinoma.

From: Clinical features, treatment and prognosis analysis of distant metastatic esophageal cancer

Characteristics

All patients (n = 1542)

Training cohort (N = 1116)

Validation cohort (N = 426)

P value

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Sex

  Male

1288

83.5

931

83.4

357

83.8

0.857

  Female

254

16.5

185

16.6

69

16.2

Race

  White

1274

82.6

923

82.7

351

82.4

0.885

  Unwhite

268

17.4

193

17.3

75

17.6

Age

  < 65 years

877

56.9

630

56.5

247

58.0

0.588

  ≥ 65 years

665

43.1

486

43.5

179

42.0

Marriage

  Married

861

55.8

627

56.2

234

54.9

0.658

  Unmarried

681

44.2

489

43.8

192

45.1

Chemotherapy

  None

478

31.0

351

31.5

127

29.8

0.534

  Yes

1064

69.0

765

68.5

299

70.2

Radiotherapy

  None

771

50

561

50.3

210

49.3

0.733

  Yes

771

50

555

49.7

216

50.7

Histology

  Adenocarcinoma

1032

66.9

751

67.3

281

66.0

0.619

  Non- adenocarcinoma

510

33.1

365

32.7

145

34.0

Primary site

  Cervical/Upper

61

4.0

40

3.6

21

4.9

0.058

  Thoracic/middle

279

18.1

201

18.0

78

18.3

  Abdominal/lower

1119

72.6

805

72.1

314

73.7

  Overlapping

83

5.4

70

6.3

13

3.1

Surgery

  None

1459

94.6

1054

94.4

405

95.1

0.626

  Yes

83

5.4

62

5.6

21

4.9

Grade

  I + II

552

35.8

401

35.9

151

35.4

0.859

  III + IV

990

64.2

715

64.1

275

64.6

T Stage

  T1

414

26.8

295

26.4

119

27.9

0.620

  T2

84

5.4

66

5.9

18

4.2

  T3

390

25.3

285

25.5

105

24.6

  T4

399

25.9

291

26.1

108

25.4

  Tx

255

16.5

179

16.0

76

17.8

N Stage

  N0

417

27.0

299

26.8

118

27.7

0.684

  N1

998

64.7

721

64.6

277

65.0

  Nx

127

8.2

96

8.6

31

7.3

M Stage

  M1a

74

4.8

51

4.6

23

5.4

0.496

  M1b

1468

95.2

1065

95.4

403

94.6

Vital status

  Alive

34

2.2

24

2.2

10

2.3

0.814

  Death

1508

97.8

1092

97.8

416

97.7