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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2020 May;31(3):432–440. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001132

Table 4.

Association between androgen deprivation therapy and cardiovascular events stratified by previous cardiovascular disease.

Case Person–years Unadjusted HR (95% CI) Adjusteda HR (95% CI) Case Person–years Unadjusted HR (95% CI) Adjustedb HR (95% CI)
Diagnosed 2009 to 2015 Diagnosed 2012 to 2015
(additionally adjusted for stage and Gleason)
Cardiovascular disease prior
Untreated 555 5950 1.00 (ref. cat.) 1.00 (ref. cat.) 268 3001 1.00 (ref. cat.) 1.00 (ref. cat.)
ADT 1074 10281 1.2 (1.1,1.4) 1.1 (1.0,1.3) 537 4890 1.3 (1.1,1.5) 1.4 (1.1,1.7)
 GnRH 931 8934 1.2 (1.1,1.4) 1.2 (1.0,1.3) 451 4183 1.3 (1.1,1.5) 1.3 (1.1,1.7)
 Degaralex 40 287 1.5 (1.1,2.1) 1.2 (0.88,1.7) 35 264 1.5 (1.1,2.2) 1.5 (0.88,2.4)
 Bicalutamide 54 573 1.1 (0.83,1.5) 0.97 (0.73,1.3) 29 243 1.5 (0.98,2.1) 1.4 (0.88,2.2)
 Other antiandrogen 49 468 1.2 (0.90,1.6) 1.0 (0.76,1.4) 22 191 1.4 (0.89,2.1) 1.2 (0.67,2.3)
No cardiovascular disease prior
Untreated 550 16639 1.00 (ref. cat.) 1.00 (ref. cat.) 243 7836 1.00 (ref. cat.) 1.00 (ref. cat.)
ADT 1286 26899 1.5 (1.4,1.7) 1.3 (1.2,1.5) 532 11672 1.6 (1.3,1.8) 1.3 (1.0,1.6)
 GnRH 1144 24088 1.5 (1.3,1.7) 1.3 (1.2,1.5) 469 10392 1.5 (1.3,1.8) 1.3 (1.0,1.6)
 Degaralex 31 440 2.2 (1.5,3.1) 1.8 (1.3,2.6) 29 393 2.5 (1.7,3.7) 1.5 (0.79,2.9)
 Bicalutamide 41 1138 1.1 (0.82,1.6) 1.0 (0.74,1.4) 8 378 0.72 (0.35,1.5) 0.67 (0.31,1.4)
 Other antiandrogen 68 1191 1.8 (1.4,2.3) 1.6 (1.3,2.1) 25 506 1.7 (1.1,2.5) 1.3 (0.75,2.2)

ADT, androgen deprivation therapy; GnRH, gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist;

a

Model contains for year of diagnosis, age, deprivation, comorbidities in the year before prostate cancer diagnosis (myocardial infarction, angina, cerebral vascular accident, heart failure, venous thromboembolism, arrhythmia, other cardiovascular disease, dementia, pulmonary disease, connective tissue disorder, peptic ulcer, liver disease, diabetes, diabetes complications, paraplegia, severe liver disease) and other medication use in the year before prostate cancer diagnosis (including separately aspirin, beta-blockers, ACEIs, ARBs, diuretics, statins, warfarin, digoxin, clopidogrel, dipyridamole, nitrate, insulin, sulfonylureas, metformin and othaer diabetic medications).

b

Adjusted models contain all terms in a as well as t stage, n stage, m stage and Gleason score.