Table 1 Bivariate and logistic regression analysis: MDT participants and non-participants.

From: Effect of multidisciplinary team care on survival of oesophageal cancer patients: a retrospective nationwide cohort study

Variables	Total		Non-MDT		MDT		χ²	Adjusted			P value^b
Variables	N	%	n₁	%	n₂	%	P value^a	OR	95% CI		P value^b
Total	8184	100.00	5181	63.31	3003	36.69
Gender							0.300
Female	517	6.32	316	61.12	201	38.88		–	–	–	–
Male	7667	93.68	4865	63.45	2802	36.55		0.88	0.73	1.07	0.193
Age at diagnosed (year)							0.015
< 45	690	8.43	443	64.20	247	35.80		-	-	-	-
45–54	2601	31.78	1601	61.55	1000	38.45		1.12	0.94	1.34	0.219
55–64	2789	34.08	1755	62.93	1034	37.07		1.04	0.87	1.24	0.690
65–74	1253	15.31	803	64.09	450	35.91		1.00	0.82	1.23	0.971
≧ 75	851	10.40	579	68.04	272	31.96		0.86	0.69	1.07	0.185
Monthly salary (NTD)							< 0.001
≦ 17,280	2269	27.72	1495	65.89	774	34.11		–	–	–	–
17,281–22,800	3395	41.48	2158	63.56	1237	36.44		1.10	0.98	1.24	0.096
22,801–28,800	630	7.70	387	61.43	243	38.57		1.15	0.96	1.39	0.139
28,801–36,300	711	8.69	462	64.98	249	35.02		1.03	0.86	1.23	0.767
36,301–45,800	761	9.30	427	56.11	334	43.89		1.50	1.26	1.78	< 0.001
≧ 45,801	418	5.11	252	60.29	166	39.71		1.33	1.07	1.66	0.011
Urbanization level							< 0.001
Level 1	1855	22.67	1109	59.78	746	40.22		1.00	–	–	–
Level 2	2356	28.79	1474	62.56	882	37.44		0.82	0.72	0.93	0.002
Level 3	1524	18.62	1012	66.40	512	33.60		0.72	0.62	0.83	< 0.001
Level 4	1346	16.45	906	67.31	440	32.69		0.68	0.58	0.79	< 0.001
Level 5	238	2.91	125	52.52	113	47.48		1.21	0.91	1.60	0.191
Level 6	447	5.46	282	63.09	165	36.91		0.81	0.65	1.01	0.066
Level 7	418	5.11	273	65.31	145	34.69		0.76	0.61	0.96	0.019
Other catastrophic illness							0.023
No	7782	95.09	4905	63.03	2877	36.97		1.00	–	–	–
Yes	402	4.91	276	68.66	126	31.34		0.86	0.69	1.08	0.199
Charlson Comorbidity index							0.001
0	4734	57.84	2926	61.81	1808	38.19		1.00	–	–	–
1	1924	23.51	1229	63.88	695	36.12		0.92	0.82	1.03	0.151
2	844	10.31	558	66.11	286	33.89		0.86	0.73	1.00	0.056
≧ 3	682	8.33	468	68.62	214	31.38		0.76	0.63	0.91	0.003
Cancer stage							< 0.001
I	343	4.19	222	64.72	121	35.28		1.00	–	–	–
II	1521	18.59	905	59.50	616	40.50		1.18	0.92	1.52	0.188
III	4397	53.73	2775	63.11	1622	36.89		1.01	0.80	1.28	0.926
IV	1923	23.50	1279	66.51	644	33.49		0.86	0.67	1.10	0.235
Service volume of physicians							< 0.001
Low (< 25%)	2030	24.80	1320	65.02	710	34.98		1.00	–	–	–
Middle (25–75%)	4158	50.81	2506	60.27	1652	39.73		1.28	1.15	1.44	< 0.001
High (> 75%)	1996	24.39	1355	67.89	641	32.11		1.04	0.90	1.19	0.636
Hospital level							< 0.001
Medical centers	4942	60.39	3356	67.91	1586	32.09		1.00	–	–	–
Non-medical centers	3242	39.61	1825	56.29	1417	43.71		1.68	1.52	1.86	< 0.001
Hospital ownership							0.063
Non-public	5650	69.04	3539	62.64	2111	37.36		1.00	–	–	–
Public	2534	30.96	1642	64.80	892	35.20		1.02	0.92	1.14	0.655

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Table 1 Bivariate and logistic regression analysis: MDT participants and non-participants.

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