Skip to main content
. 2016 Nov 18;92(1):50–55. doi: 10.1002/ajh.24582

Table 1.

Characteristics Comparison Among Cardiac Medication Usage Groups

No cardiac medications
(N = 930)
Beta‐blocker
(N = 260)
Beta‐blocker and other cardiac medications
(N = 343)
Non‐beta‐blocker cardiac medications
(N = 438)
Total
(N = 1971)
P value
Age at diagnosis <0.0001a
N 930 260 343 438 1971
Median 60.0 64.0 68.0 68.0 64.0
Range (22.0–91.0) (37.0–92.0) (32.0–94.0) (29.0–92.0) (22.0–94.0)
Gender 0.3164a
Female 394 (42.4%) 98 (37.7%) 129 (37.6%) 173 (39.5%) 794 (40.3%)
Male 536 (57.6%) 162 (62.3%) 214 (62.4%) 265 (60.5%) 1177 (59.7%)
mSMART 0.4016a
Standard Risk 271 (62.9%) 107 (58.8%) 116 (56.3%) 117 (60.9%) 611 (60.4%)
Intermediate Risk 110 (25.5%) 45 (24.7%) 54 (26.2%) 44 (22.9%) 253 (25.0%)
High Risk 50 (11.6%) 30 (16.5%) 36 (17.5%) 31 (16.1%) 147 (14.5%)
Missing 499 78 137 246 960
International Staging System <0.0001a
I 330 (37.9%) 92 (36.7%) 90 (27.2%) 117 (28.2%) 629 (33.7%)
II 385 (44.2%) 96 (38.2%) 119 (36.0%) 172 (41.4%) 772 (41.3%)
III 156 (17.9%) 63 (25.1%) 122 (36.9%) 126 (30.4%) 467 (25.0%)
Missing 59 9 12 23 103
Performance Score 0.1287a
0 360 (41.6%) 108 (43.5%) 126 (39.1%) 167 (41.6%) 761 (41.4%)
1 332 (38.4%) 91 (36.7%) 107 (33.2%) 140 (34.9%) 670 (36.5%)
2+ 173 (20.0%) 49 (19.8%) 89 (27.6%) 94 (23.4%) 405 (22.1%)
Missing 65 12 21 37 135
Diagnosis Year <0.0001a
1995–1999 240 (25.8%) 37 (14.2%) 39 (11.4%) 91 (20.8%) 407 (20.6%)
2000–2004 291 (31.3%) 77 (29.6%) 108 (31.5%) 144 (32.9%) 620 (31.5%)
2005–2010 399 (42.9%) 146 (56.2%) 196 (57.1%) 203 (46.3%) 944 (47.9%)
Pomalidomide 0.0144a
No 861 (92.6%) 229 (88.1%) 311 (90.7%) 414 (94.5%) 1815 (92.1%)
Yes 69 (7.4%) 31 (11.9%) 32 (9.3%) 24 (5.5%) 156 (7.9%)
Lenalidomide 0.0250a
No 578 (62.2%) 147 (56.5%) 205 (59.8%) 295 (67.4%) 1225 (62.2%)
Yes 352 (37.8%) 113 (43.5%) 138 (40.2%) 143 (32.6%) 746 (37.8%)
Thalidomide 0.2777a
No 668 (71.8%) 189 (72.7%) 262 (76.4%) 331 (75.6%) 1450 (73.6%)
Yes 262 (28.2%) 71 (27.3%) 81 (23.6%) 107 (24.4%) 521 (26.4%)
Stem cell transplant <0.0001a
No 480 (51.6%) 116 (44.6%) 204 (59.5%) 288 (65.8%) 1088 (55.2%)
Yes 450 (48.4%) 144 (55.4%) 139 (40.5%) 150 (34.2%) 883 (44.8%)
Alkylator 0.2767a
No 457 (50.7%) 114 (44.4%) 167 (49.7%) 216 (51.6%) 954 (49.9%)
Yes 444 (49.3%) 143 (55.6%) 169 (50.3%) 203 (48.4%) 959 (50.1%)
Missing 29 3 7 19 58
Anthracycline <0.0001a
No 694 (77.0%) 215 (83.7%) 295 (87.8%) 371 (88.5%) 1575 (82.3%)
Yes 207 (23.0%) 42 (16.3%) 41 (12.2%) 48 (11.5%) 338 (17.7%)
Missing 29 3 7 19 58
Bortezomib 0.0010a
No 677 (75.1%) 167 (65.0%) 257 (76.5%) 328 (78.3%) 1429 (74.7%)
Yes 224 (24.9%) 90 (35.0%) 79 (23.5%) 91 (21.7%) 484 (25.3%)
Missing 29 3 7 19 58
Carfilzomib 0.4177a
No 882 (97.9%) 251 (97.7%) 328 (97.6%) 415 (99.0%) 1876 (98.1%)
Yes 19 (2.1%) 6 (2.3%) 8 (2.4%) 4 (1.0%) 37 (1.9%)
Missing 29 3 7 19 58
Ixazomib 0.0368a
No 887 (98.4%) 246 (95.7%) 328 (97.6%) 413 (98.6%) 1874 (98.0%)
Yes 14 (1.6%) 11 (4.3%) 8 (2.4%) 6 (1.4%) 39 (2.0%)
Missing 29 3 7 19 58

Kruskal Wallis

a

Chi‐Squared.