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Table 3 Distribution of cardiac risk factors among patients with abnormal echo compared to those with normal echo - Fisher’s Exact test

From: Role of baseline echocardiography prior to initiation of anthracycline-based chemotherapy in breast cancer patients

Variable

Normal echo

Abnormal echo

P value

Diabetes

  

0.3

No

171 (79.9)

4 (66.7)

 

Yes

34 (15.9)

2 (33.3)

 

Not available

9 (4.2)

Dyslipidemia

  

0.3

No

166 (77.7)

4 (66.7)

 

Yes

38 (17.6)

2 (33.3)

 

Not available

10 (4.7)

Hypertension

  

0.2

No

152 (71)

3 (50)

 

Yes

52 (24.3)

3 (50)

 

Not available

10 (4.7)

aCAD

  

0.01

No

199 (93)

4 (66.7)

 

Yes

5 (2.3)

2 (33.3)

 

Not available

10 (4.7)

Smoking status

  

0.1

No

126 (58.9)

5 (83.3)

 

Yes

74 (34.6)

0 (0)

 

Not available

14 (6.5)

1(16.7)

bBMI

  

1

<25

55 (25.7)

2 (33.3)

 

25-30

74 (34.6)

2 (33.3)

 

>30

68 (31.8)

1 (16.7)

 

Not available

17 (7.9)

1 (16.7)

  1. aCAD: Coronary artery disease bBMI: Body Mass Index.