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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 Aug 29;172(3):603–610. doi: 10.1007/s10549-018-4946-0

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

Total By Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
(n=249) <30 ≥30 p-value
(n=139, 56%) (n=110, 44%)
Median age, years 59 58 59 0.02
Hispanic 0.11
 Yes 16 (7%) 12 (9%) 4 (4%)
 No 225 (93%) 122 (91%) 103 (96%)
 Unknown 8 5 3
Race 0.31
 White 217 (89%) 120 (88%) 97 (90%)
 Black 20 (8%) 10 (7%) 10 (9%)
 Asian 4 (2%) 4 (3%) --
 Other 3 (1%) 2 (1%) 1 (1%)
 Unknown 5 3 2
Self-reported comorbid conditions
 Diabetes 32 (13%) 11 (8%) 21 (19%) 0.009
 Hypertension 101 (41%) 43 (31%) 58 (53%) 0.0005
 High cholesterol 77 (31%) 38 (27%) 39 (35%) 0.17
 Heart disease 13 (5%) 8 (6%) 5 (5%) 0.67
 Osteoarthritis 57 (23%) 22 (16%) 35 (32%) 0.003
Number of cardiovascular risk factors 0.001
 0 92 (37%) 65 (47%) 27 (25%)
 1 74 (30%) 37 (27%) 37 (34%) 0.0003*
 ≥2 83 (33%) 37 (27%) 46 (42%) 0.01**
Statin use 59 (24%) 30 (22%) 29 (26%) 0.38
Aromatase Inhibitor (AI) 0.45
 Anastrozole 146 (59%) 86 (62%) 60 (55%)
 Exemestane 29 (12%) 16 (12%) 13 (12%)
 Letrozole 74 (30%) 37 (27%) 37 (34%)
Median time since starting AI, years 1.17 1.00 1.33 0.61
Median time since last menstrual period, years 9.4 8.4 10.1 0.89
*

Comparing 1or more vs. 0 risk factors.

**

Comparing 2 or more vs. 0 or 1 risk factors