Table 2. Incidence and relative risk (RR) of cardiac ischemia with bevacizumab according to tumor types.
No. ofStudies | Cardiac ischemia (No./Total N0.) Bevacizumab | Cardiac ischemia (No./Total N0.) Control | Incidence(95% CI), % | RR(95% CI) | |
Overall | 7 | 41/2417 | 13/2200 | 1.0 (0.6–1.4) | 2.49 (1.37–4.52) |
Colorectal Cancer | 4 | 33/1957 | 13/1779 | 1.1 (0.5–1.8) | 2.13 (1.11–4.06) |
Renal cell Carcinoma | 2 | 7/438 | 0/387 | 0.8 (0.2–1.4) | 6.12 (0.83–45.43) |
Liver Cancer | 1 | 1/22 | 0/34 | – | 4.57 (0.19–107.29) |
Abbreviation and notes: CI, confidence interval. The incidence and RR were calculated from the trials included in this study by meta-analysis as described in the “Method” section.