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

Table 2.

Multivariable Model Comparing Overall Survival and MM Disease‐Specific Survival Among Beta‐Blocker Intake Groups.a

MM disease‐specific Death
Cardiac med Event/total Cause‐specific hazard ratio
(95% CI)
P‐value Cause‐specific hazard ratio
(95% CI)
P‐value Cause‐specific hazard ratio
(95% CI)
P‐value Cause‐specific hazard ratio
(95% CI)
P‐value
Beta‐blocker 90/238 Reference 0.98 (0.75–1.29) 0.8979 0.49 (0.38–0.63) <0.0001 0.53 (0.42–0.67) <0.0001
Beta‐blocker + others 127/311 1.02 (0.77–1.34) 0.8979 Reference 0.50 (0.40–0.62) <0.0001 0.54 (0.44–0.67) <0.0001
Others 237/377 2.03 (1.59–2.60) <0.0001 1.99 (1.60–2.48) <0.0001 Reference 1.08 (0.92–1.28) .3278
None 444/812 1.87 (1.49–2.36) <0.0001 1.84 (1.50–2.26) <0.0001 0.92 (0.78–1.08) 0.3278 Reference
Overall Survival
Cardiac med Event/total Hazard ratio
(95% CI)
P‐value Hazard ratio
(95% CI)
P‐value Hazard ratio
(95% CI)
P‐value
Beta‐blocker 134/238 Reference 0.90 (0.72–1.13) 0.3617 0.62 (0.50–0.76) <0.0001 0.67 (0.55–0.81) <0.0001
Beta‐blocker + others 204/311 1.11 (0.89–1.38) 0.3617 Reference 0.68 (0.57–0.82) <0.0001 0.74 (0.62–0.87) 0.0004
Others 287/377 1.62 (1.32–2.00) <0.0001 1.47 (1.22–1.76) <0.0001 Reference 1.08 (0.93–1.25) 0.2912
None 532/812 1.50 (1.24–1.82) <0.0001 1.35 (1.14–1.60) 0.0004 0.92 (0.80–1.07) 0.2912 Reference
a

Adjusting for age, sex, PS, ISS, diagnosis year, and all chemotherapy agents. When mSMART risk category of cytogenetic and FISH was included additionally, the results are consistent with what were presented in the table (data not shown).