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

Table 6

Analysis of the risk factors of cancer patients independently associated with cardiotoxicity (logistic regression analysis).

Characteristics	OR	95% CI	value
Age (years)
50–59	0.60	0.29–1.24	0.167
60–79	1.14	0.53–2.4	0.730
BMI (kg/m^2)
Overweight versus normal	4.02	1.97–8.23	0.0001
Obese versus normal	4.21	1.68–10.53	0.002
Nottingham grade of cancer
Grade II vs. grade I	0.62	0.25–1.49	0.283
Grade III vs. grade II	1.76	0.71–4.36	0.218
Treatment with doxorubicin	1.80	0.80–4.07	0.158
Diabetes mellitus	0.72	0.39–1.33	0.292
Dyslipidemia	1.28	0.69–2.38	0.431
Trastuzumab	2.19	0.73–6.55	0.159
Radiation	1.33	1.08–1.65	0.006

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; BMI: body mass index. was considered as the level of significance.