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Table 1 Demographic, clinical, and physical examination data of patients (n = 43)

From: Echocardiographic strategy for early detection of cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin: a prospective observational study

Data

Values

Age (years)a

50.4 (8.8)

  < 60 years (n/%)b

35 (81,4)

  ≥ 60 years (n/%)b

8 (18.6)

BMI (kg/m2)a

28.6 (4.8)

  < 25 kg/m2 (n/%)b

7 (16.3)

  ≥ 25 kg/m2 (n/%)b

36 (83.4)

BSA (m2)a

1.70 (0.14)

HTN (n/%)b

13 (30.2)

DM (n/%)b

6 (14.0)

DLP (n/%)b

6 (14.0)

Smoking (n/%)b

5 (11.6)

Breast affected (n/%)b

 Right

22 (51.2)

 Left

20 (46.5)

 Bilateral

1 (2.3)

Histological cancer subtype (n/%)b

 IDC

40 (93.0)

 ILC

3 (97.0)

HER2+ (n/%)b

22 (51.2)

Breast cancer stage (n/%)b

 IIa

15 (34.9)

 IIb

12 (27.9)

 IIIa

8 (18.6)

 IIIb

3 (7.0)

 IV

5 (11.6)

Total dose of doxorubicin (mg/m2)a

248.4 (30.9)

  < 250 mg/m2 (n/%)b

40 (93.0)

  ≥ 250 mg/m2 (n/%)b

3 (7.0)

Trastuzumab (n/%)b

18 (41.9)

  1. BMI body mass index, BSA body surface area, DLP dyslipidemia, DM diabetes mellitus, HER2+ HER2 protein expression are established on immunohistochemistry, HTN hypertension, IDC infiltrating ductal carcinoma, ILC infiltrating lobular carcinoma
  2. aData are presented as mean (standard deviation)
  3. bData are presented as absolute frequency (percentage)