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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2025 Jul 1;57(12):2830–2837. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003802

Table 3.

Multivariable cox regression analysis for risk of incident cardiovascular disease in all childhood cancer survivors

Incident cardiovascular event
HR 95% CI

Cardiopulmonary fitness
 Increase of one MET at baseline 0.80 0.72, 0.90
Cardiovascular disease at baseline
 Yes 2.08 1.31, 3.29
 No 1.0 1.0
Obesity at baseline
 Yes 0.73 0.44, 1.18
 No 1.0 1.0
Impaired glucose metabolism at baseline
 Yes 1.42 0.75, 2.69
 No 1.0 1.0
Hypertension at baseline
 Yes 0.72 0.43, 1.20
 No 1.0 1.0
Anthracyclines
 Yes 2.27 1.44, 3.56
 No 1.0 1.0
Chest radiation
 Yes 1.58 1.05, 2.39
 No 1.0 1.0

Model additionally adjusted for sex, age at assessment, age at diagnosis, meeting 2018 CDC guidelines for physical activity, smoking

Note: 237 participants missing their MET at baseline due to acute injury (1), cardiovascular disease (112), uncontrolled diabetes (26), gastrointestinal disease (1), kidney disease (16), liver failure (2), musculoskeletal disease (40) paralysis (4) pulmonary disease (15), recent stroke (9), surgical restrictions (1)

MET = metabolic equivalent