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Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Aug 19;112(1):188–196. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.08.017

Table 3.

Competing risk-adjusted analyses for symptomatic cardiac events

Sim Cohort (n=109) Diagnostic Cohort (n=74)
Characteristic p HR p HR
Univariable analyses:
Age 0.335 1.02 0.200 1.03
ECOG PS (1 vs. 0) 0.125 0.49 0.526 0.69
Gross tumor volume 0.434 1.00 0.259 1.00
Heart mean dose 0.002 1.03 / Gy 0.010 1.03 / Gy
Left ventricle mean dose 0.032 1.03 0.107 1.03
WHO/ISH 10-yr risk
 ≥20% (vs. <10%) 0.28 1.98 0.81 1.28
 10-20% (vs. <10%) 0.04 2.34 0.04 2.97
CAD <0.001 3.69 <0.001 5.47
Calcification burden
 Any (vs. none) 0.002 6.50 0.007 5.71
 High (vs. none) <0.001 8.10 0.004 7.12
 Low (vs. none) 0.015 4.98 0.043 4.35
Multivariable analvses:
Heart mean dose <0.001 1.05 0.003 1.05
Calcification burden
 High (vs. none) <0.001 10.64 <0.001 9.83
 Low (vs. none) 0.005 7.01 0.072 3.99

Abbreviations: ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; WHO/ISH, World Health Organization / International Society of Hypertension; CAD, coronary artery disease