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. 2016 Jul;107(1):40–47. doi: 10.5935/abc.20160084

Table 1.

Patients and treatment characteristics

No. 92 100%
Age / years    
    Mean (SD) 53.6 (9.0)  
    Range 35.0-75.5  
Breast cancer side    
    Left 46 50%
    Right 46 50%
BMI / kg/m2    
    Mean (SD) 26.1 (4.9)  
    Range 17.9-40.1  
    No. of patients with BMI 25-29.9 kg/m2 30 32.6%
    No. of patients with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 16 17.4%
Co-morbidities    
    HBP 27 29.3%
    DM 4 4.3%
    Dyslipidaemia 9 9.8%
Treatment    
Cumulative dose of anthracycline    
Doxorubicin (mean) / mg/m2 240 10.9%
Epidoxorubicin (mean) / mg/m2 304 89.1%
    RT 65 70.7%
    ET 60 65.2%
    Taxane-based chemotherapy 82 89.1%

BMI: body mass index; HBP: high blood pressure; DM: diabetes mellitus; RT: radiotherapy; ET: endocrine therapy; SD: standard deviation.