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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 30.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Promot. 2022 Aug 17;37(2):233–238. doi: 10.1177/08901171221120910

Table 2.

The Prevalence of Cardiovascular Diseases Among Breast Cancer Survivorsa.

Number of CVDb Types of cardiovascular disease
Totala One Two or More Coronary Artery Disease Heart Failure Stroke
Pre-existing CVDc
Unweighted n 37 29 8 21 14 12
Weighted N 151,238 119,684 31,554 85,966 56,565 48,633
Weighted %d - 79.14 (66.50, 91.77) 20.86 (8.23, 33.50) 56.84 (40.97, 72.71) 37.40 (22.30, 52.50) 32.16 (15.83, 48.48)
Post-acquired CVDe
 Unweighted n 75 58 17 34 22 29
 Weighted N 370,693 291,542 79,151 190,888 94,490 127,549
 Weighted %d - 78.65 (68.63, 88.66) 21.35 (11.34, 31.37) 51.50 (36.90, 66.09) 25.49 (14.25, 36.73) 34.41 (20.86, 47.96)
 Years since diagnosis BCf 8.68 (6.47, 10.88)g 9.21 (6.64, 11.77) 6.72 (3.41, 10.03)g 9.27 (6.21, 12.33) 5.46 (3.28, 7.64) 9.15 (4.81, 13.49)>

Abbreviations: BC = breast cancer, CVD = cardiovascular disease.

Values are the mean (95% CI) and percentage (95% CI) for continuous and categorical variables, respectively.

a

Cardiovascular disease status was determined based on self-reported medical conditions that were told by a doctor or other health professionals.

b

The prevalence of breast cancer survivors by the number of cardiovascular diseases reported.

c

Breast cancer survivors who already had pre-existing cardiovascular diseases before diagnosed with breast cancer.

d

Weighted % indicates the proportion within each subgroup (pre-existing or post-acquired cardiovascular diseases groups).

e

Breast cancer survivors who acquired the cardiovascular diseases after diagnosed with breast cancer.

f

The time elapsed until they were first diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases after they were diagnosed with breast cancer.

g

When multiple CVDs were reported, the CVD diagnosed first was used to calculate average years.