Research Article

Postmenopausal Women with Breast, Endometrial, and Ovarian Cancers Have an Increased Risk for Cardiovascular Conditions prior to Active Endocrine Therapy

Table 4

Comparison of cardiovascular diseases and cardiovascular risk factors between dyslipidemia and without dyslipidemia groups.

VariablesTotalBreast cancerEndometrial cancerOvarian cancer
DyslipidemiaWithout dyslipidemiaDyslipidemiaWithout dyslipidemiaDyslipidemiaWithout dyslipidemiaDyslipidemiaWithout dyslipidemia

Age (years)&§
Smoking, (%)57 (0.8)38 (1.0)41 (0.8)27 (0.9)7 (0.8)5 (1.1)9 (1.0)6 (1.3)
Drinking, (%)28 (0.4)16 (0.4)21 (0.4)15 (0.5)4 (0.4)1 (0.2)3 (0.3)0 (0.0)
SBP (mmHg)&£§
DBP (mmHg)&£§
HTN, (%)1195 (17.7)572 (14.3)&760 (15.5)389 (12.6)245 (26.7)96 (21.1)£190 (20.6)87 (19.6)
CHD, (%)322 (4.8)160 (4.0)&246 (5.0)129 (4.2)35 (3.8)15 (3.3)£41 (4.4)16 (3.6)§
HF, (%)95 (1.4)34 (0.9)&68 (1.4)26 (0.8)8 (0.9)4 (0.9)19 (2.1)4 (0.9)§
AF, (%)75 (1.1)42 (1.1)55 (1.1)32 (1.0)8 (0.9)4 (0.9)15 (1.6)8 (1.8)
DM, (%)631 (9.4)296 (7.4)&412 (8.4)210 (6.8)131 (14.3)53 (11.6)£88 (9.5)33 (7.4)§
Stroke, (%)160 (2.4)66 (1.7)&122 (2.5)60 (1.9)12 (1.3)2 (0.4)£26 (2.8)4 (0.9)§
Glu (mmol/L)&£§
SUA (μmol/L)&£
Creatinine (μmol/L)&

&, , £, and § mean among total and different cancers when compared to the group with dyslipidemia and without dyslipidemia. AF: atrial fibrillation; CHD: coronary heart disease; DM: diabetes mellitus; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; HF: heart failure; HTN: hypertension; SBP: systolic blood pressure; SUA: serum uric acid.