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Table 1 Characteristics of patients (n = 682)

From: Cardiovascular disease events within 5 years after a diagnosis of breast cancer

 

All patients

Patients (n)

682

Clinical characteristics

 Gender (female)

676 (99.12%)

 Age (mean years)

62.5 (50.9–72.6)

 Body weight (mean kg ± SD)

66.3 ± 13.6

 Body Mass Index (n = 662) (mean kg/m2 ± SD)

25.5 ± 5.0

 Obesity

107 (15.7%)

Cancer characteristics

 Breast side (left)

357 (52.3%)

 UICC Breast Staging

  O

39 (0.7%)

  I

327 (47.9%)

  II

226 (33.1%)

  III

75 (11.0%)

  IV

15 (2.2%)

 Histological type

  Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma

547 (80.2%)

  Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma

74 (10.9%)

  Carcinoma in situ

39 (5.7%)

 Histopronostic criteria

  Her2 positive

78 (11.4%)

  Hormonal receptors positives

565 (82.8%)

  Triple negative

58 (8.5%)

  SBR 1–2 grade

454 (66.6%)

  SBR 3 grade

191 (28.0%)

Cancer treatments

 Surgery

665 (97.5%)

 Chemotherapy

256 (37.5%)

 Trastuzumab therapy

60 (8.8%)

 Radiotherapy

673 (98.7%)

 Hormone blocking therapy

551 (80.8%)

Cardiovascular characterics

 Cardiovascular risk factors

340 (49.9%)

  Hypertension

251 (73.8%)

  Diabetes mellitus

59 (17.4%)

  Smoking (current or stopped less than 2 years)

53 (15.6%)

  Hypercholesterolemia

119 (35%)

Atrial fibrillation (AF) at cancer diagnosis

22 (3.2%)

Cardiovascular treatments at cancer diagnosis

214 (31.4%)

  Β-blockers

71 (10.4%)

  ACE inhibitor or AIIRAs

100 (14.7%)

  CCB

63 (9.2%)

  Diuretics

69 (10.1%)

  Anticoagulant

20 (2.9%)

  One antiplatelet

40 (5.9%)

  Dual antiplatelets

3 (0.43%)