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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Breast Cancer. 2016 Aug 1;16(6):487–493. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2016.07.013

Table 3.

Cardiac Risk Factors

No Trastuzumab
(n = 116)
Trastuzumab
(n = 128)
P Value
N (%) N (%)
Baseline LVEF, median 67% 68%
BMI, kg/m2 median (range) 25.5 (16.9–42.7) 27.3 (18.2–57.5) .17
Creatinine clearance, mL/min median (range) 68.4 (32.2–156) 64.9 (28.4–146.2) .11
Ever smoker    52 (45)    61 (48) .7  
Hypertension    57 (49)    57 (45) .47
Hyperlipidemia    35 (30)    54 (42) .05
Atrial fibrillation      5 (4)      4 (3) .62
Diabetes mellitus      8 (7)    20 (16) .03
Prior myocardial infarct reported      2 (2)      3 (2) .73
Prior cerebrovascular event reported      3 (3)      3 (2) .90
Prior history HF reported      2 (2)      3 (2) .73

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; HF = heart failure; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction.