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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Induction chemotherapy for the individualised treatment of hypopharyngeal carcinoma with cervical oesophageal invasion: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristic Classification Total (N = 68) Group A (N = 35) Group B (N = 33) χ2 value P value
Sex Male 63 33 30 0.2843 0.5939
Female 5 2 3
Age (years) ≤ 60 50 26 24 0.1675 0.8970
> 60 18 9 9
Subsite Pyriform sinus 27 14 13 0.0217 0.9892
Post-cricoid region 23 12 11
Posterior wall 18 9 9
Differentiation High 14 8 6 0.3084 0.8571
Moderate 35 18 17
Poor 19 9 10
N classification N0 19 8 11 0.4786 0.4890
N1–3 49 27 22
Drinking Yes 42 22 20 0.0035 0.9532
No 26 13 13
Smoking Yes 47 26 21 0.4725 0.4918
No 21 9 12