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Table 1 Patient characteristics before interventional treatment

From: Covered metallic stent for the treatment of malignant esophageal fistula combined with stricture

 

Total

group A

group B

P

n

37

26

11

 

Gender, Male

31 (83.8%)

21 (80.8%)

10 (90.9%)

0.646

Median age (years)

62.0 (54.5, 66)

63.0 (54.8, 65.3)

59.0 (53, 69)

0.702

Esophageal mediastinal fistula

23 (62.2%)

14 (53.8%)

9 (81.8%)

0.150

Esophagopleural fistula

14 (37.8%)

12 (46.2%)

2 (18.2%)

0.150

Disease course before referral to hospital

6.0 (3.0, 17.5)

6.0 (3.0, 16.0)

9.0 (3.8, 63.5)

0.221

Interval between symptom and diagnosis

2.0 (1.0, 5.0)

2.0 (0.5, 5.4)

3.0 (1.0, 5.0)

0.133

Interval between diagnosis and treatment

0.5 (0.2, 3.0)

0.5 (0.2, 3.0)

0.7 (0.1, 1.8)

0.329

Patients with normal temperature

13 (35.1%)

9 (34.6%)

4 (36.4%)

1.000

Highest temperature of fever patients

38.6 (38.4, 39.0)

38.6 (38.2, 39.0)

38.7 (38.4, 39.0)

0.981

Highest leukocytes count (×109/L)

9.2 (6.6, 12.3)

8.9 (5.8, 11.6)

11.3 (7.7, 18.0)

0.831

Highest neutrophil (%)

82.4 (75.1, 89.0)

81.5 (68.2, 88.4)

83.1 (79.3, 92.0)

0.103