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Table 3 Adjusted cancer patient survival hazard ratio for patients with cardiovascular disease prior to diagnosis compared to those with no prior history of cardiovascular disease: Patients diagnosed 2011-2014, followed up to the end of 2019

From: Survival of cancer patients with pre-existing heart disease

Cancer type

Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)a – cardiovascular disease prior to diagnosis vs. no prior history of cardiovascular diseases

Observed survival

(i.e. death from any cause)

Cancer-specific survival

(i.e. death from cancer only)

All cancers (ex NMSC)

1.36 (1.26, 1.46)

1.28 (1.18, 1.40)

Colorectal cancer

1.26 (1.03, 1.53)

1.15 (0.91, 1.45)

Lung cancer

1.35 (1.13, 1.60)

1.28 (1.07, 1.54)

Female breast cancer

1.42 (1.03, 1.94)

1.51 (1.01, 2.26)

Prostate cancer

1.52 (1.19, 1.94)

1.74 (1.28, 2.35)

  1. CI Confidence interval
  2. aAdjusted for gender, age group, stage at diagnosis, area-based deprivation and other comorbidity. An interaction term between heart disease and deprivation is included.
  3. Note The full models are available in Supplementary table 1