Table 2.
Numbers of circulatory disease deaths by radiotherapy status and distribution of other risk factors in US peptic ulcer cohort (all deaths 5 years after treatment)
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| Category | Circulatory disease deaths | Persons at risk | Circulatory disease deaths | Persons at risk |
| Age at treatment
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| <35 | 57 | 252 | 125 | 437 |
| 35–44 | 173 | 462 | 232 | 549 |
| 45–54 | 234 | 515 | 248 | 497 |
| ≥55 | 224 | 511 | 176 | 377 |
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| Year of treatment/entry
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| <1940 | 87 | 207 | 248 | 534 |
| 1940–44 | 147 | 373 | 199 | 459 |
| 1945–49 | 111 | 277 | 212 | 504 |
| 1950–59 | 296 | 738 | 122 | 363 |
| ≥1960 | 47 | 145 | - | - |
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| Gender
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| Male | 556 | 1389 | 585 | 1423 |
| Female | 132 | 351 | 196 | 437 |
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| Marital status
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| Not stated/unknown | 17 | 47 | 3 | 9 |
| Never married | 58 | 163 | 94 | 234 |
| Married | 546 | 1356 | 617 | 1471 |
| Divorced separated | 17 | 63 | 22 | 60 |
| Widowed | 50 | 111 | 45 | 86 |
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| Cigarette smoking status
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| Unknown | 120 | 301 | 140 | 369 |
| Never smoked | 156 | 418 | 239 | 499 |
| Smoked | 412 | 1021 | 402 | 992 |
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| Cigarette smoking quantity
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| Unknown | 291 | 749 | 395 | 903 |
| ≤1 pack/day | 286 | 694 | 295 | 726 |
| > 1 pack/day | 111 | 297 | 91 | 231 |
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| Alcohol drinking status
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| Unknown | 136 | 342 | 156 | 424 |
| Never drank | 218 | 574 | 308 | 642 |
| Drank | 334 | 824 | 317 | 794 |
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| Alcohol drinking quantity
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| Unknown | 397 | 1025 | 520 | 1214 |
| ≤5 drinks/week | 169 | 404 | 167 | 379 |
| 6–15 drinks/week | 59 | 143 | 42 | 123 |
| >15 drinks/week | 63 | 168 | 52 | 144 |