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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2020 Sep 28;137:118–124. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.09.030

Table 2 (a): Rates of clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) diagnoses and risk factors pre-existing chemotherapy, post-chemotherapy and in the first year before and after chemotherapy.

All CVD includes coronary artery disease (CAD), atrial fibrillation, all heart failure (HF), HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), HF admission, stroke and myocardial infarction (MI). Cardiovascular risk factors includes hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes mellitus. Abbreviations: Chemotx, chemotherapy.

Total Cohort (N = 6,754 (%)) Total number of patients Pre-existing Comorbidity (Any) Pre-existing Comorbidity (in 1 year prior to chemotx) Post chemotx Comorbidity (in 1 year post chemotx) Post chemotx Comorbidity (Any)
All CVD 1,929 (29%) 908 (13%) 401 (6%) 425 (6%) 1,021 (15%)
CAD 848 (13%) 461 (7%) 168 (2%) 157 (2%) 387 (6%)
Atrial fibrillation 783 (12%) 318 (5%) 156 (2%) 221 (3%) 465 (7%)
A11HF 678 (10%) 189 (3%) 94 (1%) 204 (3%) 489 (7%)
HFrEF 462 (7%) 130 (2%) 65 (1%) 140 (2%) 332 (5%)
HF Admission 87 (1%) 16 (0.2%) 7 (0.1%) 27 (0.4%) 71 (1%)
Stroke 331 (5%) 134 (2%) 41 (1%) 67 (1%) 197 (3%)
MI 214 (3%) 62 (1%) 35 (1%) 54 (1%) 152 (2%)
Hypertension 3,403 (50%) 1,898 (28%) 805 (12%) 821 (12%) 1,505 (22%)
Hyperlipidemia 2,570 (38%) 1,555 (23%) 429 (6%) 370 (5%) 1,015 (15%)
Diabetes Mellitus 1,333 (20%) 698 (10%) 341 (5%) 308 (5%) 635 (9%)