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. 2023 Jul 7;9:30. doi: 10.1186/s40959-023-00181-2

Table 3.

Risk for any cardiovascular toxicity by therapy received

Anthracycline only VEGF inhibitor only Anthracycline + VEGF inhibitor
Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted
N HR 95% CI HR 95% CI N HR 95% CI HR 95% CI N HR 95% CI HR 95% CI
Age at first therapya 1.01 (0.99–1.03) 1.02 (1.00–1.04) 1.00 (0.95–1.05) 1.00 (0.95–1.05) 1.01 (0.95–1.07) 1.02 (0.96–1.09)
Gender
 Female 105 ref. ref. 20 ref. ref. 9 ref. ref.
 Male 131 1.34 (1.04–1.73) 1.4 (1.08–1.81) 20 1.19 (0.64–2.20) 1.18 (0.63–2.20) 13 1.66 (0.71–3.91) 2.35 (0.93–5.92)
Race
 White 190 ref. ref. 34 ref. ref. 17 ref. ref.
 Non-white 46 1.04 (0.75–1.44) 1.04 (0.75–1.43) 6 0.95 (0.40–2.27) 0.97 (0.41–2.33) 5 2.6 (0.95–7.11) 4.04 (1.35–12.12)
Comorbidities prior to therapyb
 Hypertension 15 1.09 (0.65–1.84) 1.06 (0.62–1.82) 0 - - 0 - -
 Diabetes 6 1.44 (0.64–3.24) 1.42 (0.63–3.21) 0 - - 0 - -
 Dyslipidemia 8 0.81 (0.40–1.64) 0.75 (0.37–1.54) 2 1.27 (0.30–5.28) 1.27 (0.30–5.36) 2 2.77 (0.62–12.33) 3.54 (0.77–16.35)

Adjusted for age at first therapy, gender, race and comorbidities diagnosed prior to initiation of therapy

aHazard ratios calculated using age at first therapy as a continuous variable per one year increment

bReference group: patients without respective comorbidity prior to treatment