Cardiovascular-Specific Mortality among Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Patients: A Population-Based Analysis

Table 2

The standardized mortality ratios of all causes of cardiovascular mortality in patients with GIST.

CVD	Observed deaths (%)	Expected deaths	SMR (95% CI)
Disease of the heart	358 (75.1)	111.49	3.21 (2.89-3.56)
Hypertension without heart disease	20 (4.2)	6.81	2.94 (1.79-4.53)
Cerebrovascular diseases	87 (18.2)	26.55	3.28 (2.62-4.04)
Aortic aneurysm and dissection	8 (1.7)	2.24	3.58 (1.54-7.04)
Other diseases of the arteries, arterioles, and capillaries	4 (0.8)	0.39	10.35 (2.82-26.49)

Abbreviation: GIST: gastrointestinal stromal tumor; CVD: cardiovascular disease; SMR: standardized mortality ratio; CI: confidence interval.