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Table 3 Cardiovascular risk factors

From: Competing mortality risks: predicted cardiovascular disease risk versus predicted risk of breast cancer mortality in patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy in a single Irish center

 

All pts ( n  = 102)

%(n)

Pts < 50yrs ( n  = 26)

%(n)

Pts ≥ 50yrs ( n  = 76)

%(n)

BMI

 ◦ 25-25.9 (overweight)

37 (38)

23 (6)

42 (32)

 ◦ > = 30 (obese)

31 (32)

23 (6)

34 (26)

Smoking status

 ◦ Ex smoker

34 (35)

39 (10)

33 (25)

 ◦ Smoker

13 (13)

12 (3)

13 (10)

Dyslipidemia

 ◦ Total cholesterol > = 5 mmol/L

57 (54/94)

36 (8/22)

64 (46/72)

 ◦ Median cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.2

4.6

5.4

 ◦ Statin use

23 (23)

0 (0)

30 (23)

Hypertension (HTN)

 ◦ Stage I HTN (SBP 130-139 mmHg)

22 (22)

19 (5)

22 (17)

 ◦ Stage II HTN (SBP > 140 mmHg)

25 (25)

15 (4)

28 (21)

 ◦ Median blood pressure (mmHg)

128

124

129

 ◦ Antihypertensive use

19 (19)

8 (2)

22 (17)

Diabetes mellitus

3 (3)

0 (0)

4 (3)

Family history of CVD

33 (34)

31 (8)

34 (26)