Electrocardiographic and biochemical analysis of anthracycline induced cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients from Southern Sri Lanka

Table 9 Correlation between the basic characteristics and the biochemical changes six months after the completion of anthracycline chemotherapy

Variables	Correlation coefficient (p value)
Variables	cTnI	NT-proBNP
Age	0.21 (0.003)**	0.12 (0.089)
Weight	0.33 (0.001)**	0.08 (0.259)
Height	0.08 (0.265)	0.02 (0.835)
BMI	0.32 (0.001)**	0.09 (0.228)
Cumulative dose of anthracycline	0.66 (0.002)**	0.31 (0.001)**
Radiation	0.41 (0.001)**	0.24 (0.001)**

BMI Body Mass Index, cTnI cardiac troponin I, NT-proBNP N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide
p values *< 0.05, **< 0.01, ***< 0.001 considered as significant

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