Research Article

Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Breast Cancer Patients from Southern Sri Lanka: An Echocardiographic Analysis

Table 4

Correlation between the basic characteristics and the LVEF six months after the completion of anthracycline chemotherapy.

VariablesCorrelation coefficient ( value)

Age-0.141 (0.048)
Weight0.595 (0.0001)
Height0.332 (0.0001)
BMI0.487 (0.0001)
Cumulative dose0.087 (0.227)
Radiation0.292 (0.0001)

EF: ejection fraction; BMI: body mass index; values , , is considered as significant.