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Chapter 7
Table 1b Continued
Pretreatment pain
No
Yes Unknown
Pretreatment dysphagia
No Yes
Pretreatment FOIS
7 (normal diet)
6
5
4
2 Unknown
59 (39) 92 (61) 0 (0)
68 (45) 83 (55)
83 (55)
18 (12) 27 (18) 16 (11) 1 (1)
6 (4)
97 (52) 87 (47) 1 (1)
118 (64) 67 (36)
148 (80)
17 (9) 12 (7) 5 (3) 0 (0) 3 (2)
156 (46) No 1.00
.013
.001
<.001
Number of patients (%)
Univariable analysis
> 90 days feeding tube dependent (n=151)
< 90 days feeding tube dependent (n=185)
Total (n=336)
OR (95% CI)
p value
179 (53) Yes 1 (0)
1.74 (1.12–2.69)
186 (55) No 1.00
150 (45) Yes
2.15 (1.39–3.33)
231 (69) 7 1.00
35 (10) <7 39 (12)
21 (6)
1 (0)
9 (3)
3.36 (2.05–5.51)
NB: Not all percentages sum up exactly to 100% due to rounding.
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval, FOIS = Functional Oral Intake Scale, OR = odds ratio, SD = standard deviation.
Tube placement and dependency per week of CRT
50 1 00 45 90 40 80 35 70 30 60 25 50 20 40 15 30 10 20
5 10 00
Before 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 CRT
n=41 n=59 n=77 n=112n=159n=200n=221n=229
Week of CRT Cumulative number of tubes
Tube > 90 days
Tube < 90 days
% long-term of all tubes % patients with tube
178
Figure 1 Left y-axis: Number of tube placements (< and > 90 days in situ) per week of CRT Right y-axis: Percentages of patients with a tube and percentage of prolonged (> 90 days) tube placements of all tube placements. Cumulative numbers of patients with tubes below x-axis.
Number of patients
% patients