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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Aug 22;70(8):926–938. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.06.047

Table 3.

Relative Hazards of Arterial Thromboembolism During Discrete Time Periods, Stratified by Cancer Type and Thromboembolism Type

Time Periods After Cancer Diagnosis*
0–1 Months 1–3 Months 3–6 Months 6–9 Months 9–12 Months
Arterial thromboembolism
 All cancer 5.2 (4.9–5.6) 2.1 (2.0–2.2) 1.4 (1.3–1.5) 1.1 (1.1–1.2) 1.1 (1.0–1.1)
 Breast 2.3 (2.0–2.7) 1.3 (1.1–1.4) 1.1 (1.0–1.2) 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 0.9 (0.8–1.0)
 Lung 9.6 (8.4–10.9) 3.6 (3.2–4.0) 2.3 (2.1–2.6) 1.9 (1.7–2.1) 2.2 (1.9–2.5)
 Prostate 1.7 (1.5–2.0) 1.1 (1.0–1.3) 1.0 (0.9–1.1) 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 0.8 (0.7–0.9)
 Colorectal 6.7 (5.7–7.8) 2.1 (1.9–2.4) 1.3 (1.2–1.5) 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 1.0 (0.9–1.1)
 Bladder 4.6 (3.5–6.0) 2.2 (1.8–2.7) 1.4 (1.1–1.6) 1.4 (1.1–1.7) 1.1 (0.9–1.3)
 NHL 6.1 (4.6–8.1) 2.3 (1.8–2.9) 1.8 (1.5–2.1) 1.3 (1.0–1.6) 1.2 (1.0–1.6)
 Pancreas 6.8 (5.1–9.2) 3.0 (2.3–3.7) 1.7 (1.4–2.2)
 Gastric 6.0 (4.1–8.9) 3.0 (2.2–4.3) 2.4 (1.7–3.2) 1.1 (0.7–1.5) 1.1 (0.8–1.6)
Myocardial infarction
 All cancer 7.3 (6.5–8.2) 3.0 (2.7–3.3) 1.8 (1.6–1.9) 1.3 (1.2–1.4) 1.0 (1.0–1.1)
 Breast 3.8 (2.8–5.0) 1.8 (1.4–2.2) 1.6 (1.3–1.9) 1.0 (0.8–1.2) 0.7 (0.5–0.8)
 Lung 10.1 (8.0–12.8) 4.8 (4.0–5.8) 2.8 (2.4–3.3) 2.4 (2.0–2.8) 2.5 (2.1–3.0)
 Prostate 1.9 (1.5–2.6) 1.7 (1.4–2.1) 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 0.9 (0.8–1.1) 0.7 (0.6–0.9)
 Colorectal 12.6 (9.5–16.7) 3.3 (2.7–4.1) 1.8 (1.4–2.2) 1.2 (0.9–1.5) 1.0 (0.8–1.3)
 Bladder 5.6 (3.6–8.6) 2.6 (1.9–3.6) 1.5 (1.1–1.9) 1.8 (1.3–2.4) 1.2 (0.9–1.7)
 NHL 9.1 (5.4–15.6) 3.3 (2.2–4.9) 2.1 (1.5–2.8) 1.4 (1.0–2.0) 1.0 (0.7–1.5)
 Pancreas 13.9 (7.7–25.0) 4.0 (2.6–6.1) 2.1 (1.4–3.0)
 Gastric 11.0 (5.3–22.6) 8.0 (4.0–16.0) 3.3 (1.9–5.5) 1.0 (0.5–1.8) 1.0 (0.5–2.0)
Ischemic stroke
 All cancer 4.5 (4.1–4.8) 1.7 (1.6–1.8) 1.3 (1.2–1.3) 1.0 (1.0–1.1) 1.1 (1.0–1.2)
 Breast 1.8 (1.5–2.2) 1.1 (1.0–1.3) 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 1.0 (0.9–1.1)
 Lung 9.3 (8.0–10.9) 3.1 (2.7–3.5) 2.1 (1.9–2.4) 1.7 (1.5–2.0) 2.0 (1.8–2.4)
 Prostate 1.6 (1.3–2.0) 0.9 (0.8–1.1) 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 0.9 (0.8–1.0)
 Colorectal 4.6 (3.9–5.6) 1.7 (1.5–2.0) 1.2 (1.1–1.4) 1.0 (0.8–1.1) 1.0 (0.8–1.1)
 Bladder 4.1 (2.9–5.8) 2.0 (1.5–2.5) 1.3 (1.1–1.7) 1.2 (0.9–1.5) 1.1 (0.8–1.4)
 NHL 4.7 (3.4–6.6) 1.9 (1.5–2.5) 1.5 (1.2–1.9) 1.2 (0.9–1.5) 1.3 (1.0–1.7)
 Pancreas 5.0 (3.6–6.9) 2.6 (2.0–3.4) 1.6 (1.2–2.1)
 Gastric 4.5 (2.9–7.1) 1.9 (1.3–2.9) 1.9 (1.3–2.8) 1.2 (0.8–1.7) 1.1 (0.7–1.8)

Relative hazards are reported as n (95% confidence interval).

*

Data are shown through the median period of follow-up for each cancer type up to a maximum of 1 year.

NHL indicates non-Hodgkin lymphoma.