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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Radiotherapy-induced diffuse myocardial fibrosis in early-stage breast cancer patients – multimodality imaging study with six-year follow-up

 

Mean

SD

Age (years)

62.1

6.74

BMI (kg/m 2 )

26.58

4.23

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) a

151

19

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) a

83

11

 

n

%

Smoking

  

Current

3

10

Previous

5

16.7

Concurrent diagnosis

  

Hypertensionb

11

36.7

Hypercholesterolemia

1

3.3

Hypothyreosis

5

16.7

No concurrent other diagnoses

16

53.3

Baseline medication

  

β-blocker

3

10

ACE-inhibitors/ARBs

8

26.7

Diuretics

6

20

Statins

1

3.3

Aspirin

2

6.7

Hormonal therapy

  

Use of aromatase inhibitor

5

16.7

Use of tamoxifen

1

3.3

  1. BMI, body mass index; ACE-inhibitors, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors; ARBs, angiotensin receptor blockers. a measured at the first visit, b defined as the medication-requiring state.