Effect of cardiovascular risk factors on overall survival in postoperative patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective cohort analysis.

J Thorac Dis · 2025 · PMC12688541 · PMID 41377005

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When the number of CVRFs was treated as a continuous variable, a significant trend of increased OS risk was observed in the chemotherapy subgroup (HR =1.32; 95% CI: 1.09–1.58; P=0.004), and a similar (though not statistically significant) trend was noted in the radiotherapy subgroup (HR =1.23; 95% CI: 0.98–1.53; P=0.08) ( Table 4 ).

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