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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the prostate cancer patients after matching

From: Risk of ischemic stroke in patients with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy in Taiwan

 

ADT Nonusers (n = 273)

ADT users (n = 1019)

 

PS Matching

 

ADT nonusers (n = 272)

ADT users (n = 272)

Characteristic

n

%

n

%

p-value

n

%

n

%

p-value

Age, mean SDa

69.8

8.59

73.7

7.86

< 0.001

69.8

8.59

70.3

8.71

0.488

Age stratification

    

< 0.001

    

0.978

  ≤ 60

39

14.3

73

7.2

 

38

14.0

39

14.3

 

 61–70

98

35.9

247

24.2

 

98

36.0

96

35.3

 

 71–80

107

39.2

481

47.2

 

107

39.3

105

38.6

 

  > 80

29

10.6

218

21.4

 

29

10.7

32

11.8

 

Comorbidity

 Diabetes mellitus

50

18.3

221

21.7

0.224

50

18.4

47

17.3

0.737

 Ischemic heart disease

52

19.1

205

20.1

0.694

52

19.1

53

19.5

0.914

 Congestive heart failure

16

5.9

76

7.5

0.362

16

5.9

16

5.9

1.000

 COPD

59

21.6

249

24.4

0.331

59

21.7

53

19.5

0.525

 Hypertension

139

50.9

565

55.5

0.182

138

50.74

131

48.2

0.548

 Dyslipidemia

75

27.5

216

21.2

0.028

74

27.2

74

27.2

1.000

 Thyroid disease

6

2.2

17

1.7

0.557

6

2.2

5

1.8

0.761

 Atrial fibrillation

4

1.5

19

1.9

0.658

4

1.5

2

0.7

0.412

 Liver disease

32

11.7

117

11.5

0.912

32

11.7

32

11.7

1.000

 Renal disease

14

5.1

72

7.1

0.254

14

5.2

9

3.3

0.287

Comedications

 ACEIs

34

12.5

158

15.5

0.281

34

12.5

38

14.0

0.613

 ARBs

34

12.5

163

16.0

0.148

33

12.1

43

15.8

0.216

 Beta blockers

76

27.8

261

25.6

0.457

75

27.6

70

25.7

0.628

 CCBs

108

39.6

419

41.1

0.642

107

39.3

100

36.8

0.537

 Alpha blockers

80

29.3

381

37.4

0.013

80

29.4

102

37.5

0.046

 NSAIDs

231

84.6

837

82.1

0.337

230

84.6

227

83.5

0.726

 Statins

46

16.9

122

12.0

0.033

45

16.5

37

13.6

0.338

 Antiplatelet drugs

52

19.1

207

20.3

0.643

52

19.1

49

18.0

0.741

 Anticoagulants

2

0.7

12

1.2

0.528

2

0.7

5

1.8

0.254

 Antidiabetic drugs

38

13.9

183

18.0

0.116

38

14.0

44

16.2

0.472

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. ACEIs angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
  3. ARBs angiotensin receptor blockers, CCBs calcium channel blocker, NSAIDs nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  4. aStudent’s t-test