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Table 7 The other variables are listed and were evaluated by chi-square test and by Fisher's exact test with the SPSS17.0 toolkit

From: Predicting postoperative complications of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in elderly patients using random forest algorithm model

Variable

Postoperative complication group

Non-postoperative complication group

P-value

Primary

 Yes

169

165

0.042

 No

84

95

 

Chronic disease

 Yes

29

150

<0.001

 No

224

110

 

Smoking

 Yes

47

64

0.049

 No

206

196

 

Alcoholism

 Yes

32

35

0.044

 No

221

225

 

Preoperative radiotherapy

 Yes

14

31

0.008

 No

239

229

 

Preoperative surgery

 Yes

75

84

0.028

 No

178

176

 

Preoperative chemotherapy

 Yes

14

30

0.011

 No

239

230

 

Surgery classification

 IO

119

30

<0.001

 MO

125

136

 

 JO

9

94

 

Clinical Stage (TNM)

 T1

84

64

<0.001

 T2

84

95

 

 T3

23

24

 

Pathology Stage

 I

84

64

0.045

 II

125

137

 

 III

23

24

 
  1. The 10 variables that were finally selected are highlighted