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. 2024 Aug 17;14:19069. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-69006-1

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of breast cancer patients at time-of-diagnosis stratified by sex from CPRD GOLD.

Female Male
Number of patients 85,400 507
Age in years (Median [IQR]) 63 (52 to 73) 70 (61 to 78)
Age Groups in years N (%)
 18–29 278 (0.3%) 5 (1.0%)
 30–39 2860 (3.3%) 9 (1.8%)
 40–49 11,298 (13.2%) 29 (5.7%)
 50–59 21,496 (25.2%) 67 (13.2%)
 60–69 22,273 (26.1%) 129 (25.4%)
 70–79 15,090 (17.7%) 163 (32.1%)
 80–89 9665 (11.3%) 87 (17.2%)
 90+ 2440 (2.9%) 18 (3.6%)
Prior history in the database (data availability), days
 Median [IQR] 3189 (1637—4992) 3337 (1763—4970)
Smoking status (any time 5 years prior)
 Non-smoker 41,286 (48.3%) 210 (41.4%)
 Former smoker 453 (0.5%)  < 5
 Smoker 13,636 (16.0%) 73 (14.4%)
 Missing 30,025 (35.2%) 222 (43.8%)
General conditions (any time prior)
 Atrial fibrillation 2797 (3.3%) 51 (10.1%)
 Cerebrovascular disease 2676 (3.1%) 36 (7.1%)
 Chronic liver disease 216 (0.3%)  < 5
 Chronic obstructive lung disease 2751 (3.2%) 38 (7.5%)
 Coronary arteriosclerosis 313 (0.4%)  < 5
 Dementia 1082 (1.3%) 14 (2.8%)
 Depressive disorder 12,862 (15.1%) 53 (10.5%)
 Diabetes mellitus 5728 (6.7%) 63 (12.4%)
 Gastrointestinal haemorrhage 4403 (5.2%) 29 (5.7%)
 Heart failure 1380 (1.6%) 20 (3.9%)
 Hyperlipidemia 5865 (6.9%) 37 (7.3%)
 Hypertensive disorder 17,772 (20.8%) 142 (28.0%)
 Ischemic heart disease 3878 (4.5%) 62 (12.2%)
 Osteoarthritis 14,817 (17.4%) 92 (18.1%)
 Peripheral vascular disease 668 (0.8%) 12 (2.4%)
 Pulmonary embolism 582 (0.7%)  < 5
 Renal impairment 6576 (7.7%) 57 (11.2%)
 Venous thrombosis 3485 (4.1%) 25 (4.9%)

IQR: interquartile range.