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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2019 May;3:1–9. doi: 10.1200/CCI.19.00001

TABLE 1.

Noncancer Drugs Associated With Improved Cancer Survival From the VUMC and Mayo Clinic EHRs

VUMC Mayo Clinic
Drug Name HR (95% CI) FDR-Adjusted P HR (95% CI) FDR-Adjusted P
Detected from both VUMC and Mayo Clinic EHRs*
 Rosuvastatin 0.81 (0.69 to 0.95) .0691 0.68 (0.50 to 0.92) .0846
 Simvastatin 0.84 (0.79 to 0.90) < .001 0.82 (0.76 to 0.87) < .001
 Amlodipine 0.84 (0.79 to 0.90) < .001 0.85 (0.78 to 0.93) .0054
 Tamsulosin 0.87 (0.80 to 0.96) .0435 0.71 (0.59 to 0.85) .0061
 Metformin 0.88 (0.80 to 0.97) .0571 0.87 (0.80 to 0.95) .0173
 Omeprazole 0.89 (0.84 to 0.94) .0006 0.90 (0.85 to 0.96) .0120
 Warfarin 0.90 (0.85 to 0.96) .0084 0.90 (0.84 to 0.96) .0174
 Lisinopril 0.91 (0.86 to 0.97) .0328 0.93 (0.89 to 0.97) .0173
 Metoprolol 0.92 (0.86 to 0.98) .0519 0.69 (0.61 to 0.77) < .001
Detected from the VUMC EHR
 Olmesartan 0.72 (0.59 to 0.89) .0200 0.90 (0.56 to 1.4) .8827
 Sildenafil 0.73 (0.65 to 0.82) < .001 1.0 (0.74 to 1.4) .9683
 Phenobarbital 0.77 (0.63 to 0.94) .0603 0.83 (0.60 to 1.2) .5775
 Carvedilol 0.78 (0.68 to 0.90) .0090 0.96 (0.83 to 1.1) .8763
 Diclofenac 0.81 (0.69 to 0.96) .0945 0.73 (0.55 to 0.98) .1794
 Carbamazepine 0.84 (0.73 to 0.97) .0981 1.0 (0.82 to 1.3) .9415
 Ramipril 0.85 (0.76 to 0.95) .0451 0.99 (0.81 to 1.2) .9785
 Epoetin 0.85 (0.79 to 0.93) .0023 1.7 (0.98 to 2.8) .2429
 Olanzapine 0.85 (0.75 to 0.97) .0981 1.1 (0.83 to 1.6) .7084
 Atorvastatin 0.86 (0.80 to 0.93) .0018 0.92 (0.83 to 1.0) .3921
 Esomeprazole 0.89 (0.84 to 0.95) .0040 0.88 (0.69 to 1.1) .5669
 Celecoxib 0.91 (0.84 to 0.98) .0944 0.68 (0.48 to 0.96) .1441
 Lansoprazole 0.92 (0.86 to 0.98) .0771 0.91 (0.80 to 1.0) .4002
Detected from the Mayo Clinic EHR
 Midazolam 1.0 (0.94 to 1.0) .9964 0.43 (0.27 to 0.67) .0053
 Pravastatin 0.87 (0.76 to 1.0) .2091 0.64 (0.54 to 0.75) < .001
 Venlafaxine 0.95 (0.84 to 1.1) .6654 0.69 (0.54 to 0.87) .0190
 Oxybutynin 1.0 (0.70 to 0.91) .8439 0.79 (0.68 to 0.91) .0174
 Lovastatin 0.92 (0.81 to 1.0) .4504 0.81 (0.72 to 0.92) .0173
 Captopril 0.99 (0.86 to 1.1) .9057 0.85 (0.75 to 0.96) .0488
 Hydrochlorothiazide 0.99 (0.93 to 1.1) .8307 0.92 (0.87 to 0.96) .0054

NOTE. Study covariates were patient demographics (age, biologic sex, race), tumor information (type, stage), diseases, and medications. Abbreviations: EHR, electronic health record; FDR, false discovery rate; HR, hazard ratio; VUMC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.