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Table 3 Hazard ratios (HR) of all-cause mortality and having a major cardiac event, Survival analysis, N = 325 (stage IV and unknown stage of breast cancer and sarcoma excluded); and exploratory analysis of major cardiac events (MACE) after follow-up CT scan, N = 306 (patients with MACE prior to follow-up CT scan excluded)

From: Impact of pectoralis muscle loss on cardiac outcome and survival in Cancer patients who received anthracycline based chemotherapy: retrospective study

Parameter

Model 1a (All-cause mortality) HR (95% CI)

Model 2b (MACE) HR (95% CI)

Model 3b,c (MACE) HR (95% CI)

PMI at baseline [7.9 vs. 5.0]

0.87 (0.60–1.26)

0.60 (0.36–1.00)

N/A

PMI at baseline, linear effect only

N/A

N/A

0.84 (0.73–0.97)

PMI, %-change between baseline and follow-up, linear effect only

N/A

N/A

1.00 (0.99–1.01)

Age at baseline [67 vs. 53]

1.05 (0.72–1.52)

2.15 (1.16–3.99)

N/A

Stage

 

N/A

N/A

 I or II

1 (Ref.)

  

 III or IV

1.52 (0.90–2.56)

  

 Unknown

1.48 (0.59–3.71)

  

Smoking history

 

N/A

N/A

 Never

1 (Ref.)

  

 Ever

1.45 (0.94–2.23)

  

Sex

 Female

1 (Ref.)

  

 Male

1.41 (0.82–2.44)

0.94 (0.48–1.96)

 

Cancer Type

 

N/A

N/A

 Breast

0.54 (0.28–1.04)

  

 Lymphoma

1 (Ref.)

  

 Sarcoma

1.54 (0.83–2.88)

  

Pre-treatment LVEF

N/A

 

N/A

 > 55%

 

1 (Ref.)

 

 < 55%

 

3.12 (1.37–7.11)

 
  1. aRegression model: Cox regression
  2. bRegression model: Competing risks regression (48 MACE)
  3. cRestricted to cardiac events after follow-up CT scan (36 MACE)