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Table 2 Age-adjusted hazard ratios for deaths occurring 15 years or more after diagnosis of breast cancer

From: Increased cardiovascular mortality more than fifteen years after radiotherapy for breast cancer: a population-based study

   

Time since diagnosis

Death cause

Radio- therapy

Side

15+ years

   

Hazard Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

p-value

Deaths

Ischaemic Heart Disease

No

R

1.00

-

-

93

  

L

0.99

0.75 – 1.31

0.931

102

 

Yes

R

1.28

0.96 – 1.70

0.092

101

  

L

1.59

1.21 – 2.08

0.001

130

All Cardiovascular Disease

No

R

1.00

-

-

252

  

L

0.97

0.82 – 1.15

0.747

271

 

Yes

R

1.02

0.85 – 1.23

0.806

219

  

L

1.27

1.07 – 1.51

0.006

281

Breast Cancer

No

R

1.00

-

-

208

  

L

1.05

0.87 – 1.26

0.637

232

 

Yes

R

1.05

0.87 – 1.27

0.600

229

  

L

1.16

0.97 – 1.40

0.105

265

All causes

No

R

1.00

-

-

781

  

L

1.05

0.95 – 1.15

0.359

896

 

Yes

R

1.05

0.95 – 1.16

0.321

746

  

L

1.16

1.05 – 1.28

0.003

856