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. 2021 Jun 18;9(6):e002771. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-002771

Table 2.

Association with pericardial disease

HR for pericardial disease Χ2 P value
Treatment with ICI 7.05 (3.73 to 13.35) 36.02 <0.001
Multivariate model
Treatment with ICI 4.37 (2.09 to 9.14) 15.41 <0.001
Lung cancer 5.46 (2.96 to 10.10) 29.35 <0.001
Prior radiation 0.75 (0.32 to 1.79) 0.42 0.52
Prior pericardial disease 2.56 (0.62 to 10.72) 1.67 0.20
History of cardiovascular events 0.15 (0.02 to 1.08) 3.56 0.06
Platinum-based therapy 1.17 (0.64 to 2.14) 0.27 0.60
Pre-ICI corticosteroid use 1.99 (0.97 to 4.09) 3.50 0.06

Risks of pericardial disease in the 2842 patients treated with ICI were compared with reference group including 2699 age-type and cancer-type matched patients with metastatic disease who did not receive ICI treatment (design 1).

ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor.