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Table 3 Crude and adjusted hazard ratios for overall survival

From: Palliative enteral feeding for patients with malignant esophageal obstruction: a retrospective study

Group

Crude HR

95 % CI

Adjusted HR

95 % CI

 NPO

Reference

 

Reference

 

 NG tube

0.16*

0.05–0.50

0.09*

0.02–0.36

 Esophageal stent

0.12*

0.03–0.40

0.16*

0.03–0.84

  1. Adjusted for age, fistula and dysphagia score
  2. *p < 0.05. Comparisons are made using NPO group as reference
  3. NG tube nasogastric tube, NPO nil per os, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval
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