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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 5.

Association between current use of androgen deprivation therapy and cardiovascular events.

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 grade)
Untreated 1105 22590 1.00 (ref. cat.) 1.00 (ref. cat.) 511 10837 1.00 (ref. cat.) 1.00 (ref. cat.)
ADT: Current use 1752 24196 1.5 (1.4,1.7) 1.3 (1.2,1.4) 857 11896 1.6 (1.4,1.8) 1.4 (1.2,1.7)
Previous use 608 12984 1.0 (0.93,1.2) 1.1 (0.95,1.2) 212 4666 1.1 (0.89,1.2) 1.2 (0.96,1.4)
GnRH: Current use 1550 21724 1.5 (1.4,1.6) 1.3 (1.2,1.4) 735 10529 1.6 (1.4,1.7) 1.4 (1.2,1.7)
Previous use 525 11299 1.0 (0.92,1.2) 1.1 (0.96,1.2) 185 4046 1.1 (0.88,1.3) 1.2 (0.97,1.5)
Degaralex: Current use 66 683 2.0 (1.6,2.6) 1.5 (1.2,1.9) 59 621 2.1 (1.6,2.7) 1.5 (0.97,2.2)
Previous use 5 43 2.5 (1.0,6.0) 1.6 (0.66,3.9) 5 36 3.2 (1.3,7.6) 2.0 (0.73,5.3)
Bicalutamide: Current use 61 962 1.3 (1.0,1.7) 1.0 (0.80,1.4) 27 398 1.5 (1.0,2.2) 1.2 (0.78,1.9)
Previous use 34 749 1.0 (0.71,1.4) 0.96 (0.68,1.4) 10 223 1.0 (0.55,1.9) 0.96 (0.49,1.9)
Other antiandrogen: Current use 47 501 1.9 (1.5,2.6) 1.4 (1.1,1.9) 21 223 2.1 (1.3,3.2) 1.4 (0.74,2.7)
Previous use 70 1158 1.3 (1.0,1.7) 1.2 (0.95,1.5) 26 474 1.2 (0.83,1.8) 1.2 (0.75,2.0)

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

a

Model contains 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.