Patient Characteristics in Each Analysis
| Breast | Colorectal | Prostate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Survivor | Control | Survivor | Control | Survivor | Control |
| History of hypertension | ||||||
| No. of patients | 4,624 | 4,624 | 1,732 | 1,732 | 1,544 | 1,544 |
| Patients who died, % | 14.7 | 2.6 | 18.2 | 3.2 | 25 | 5.1 |
| Age in 2003, years | 73.7 | 73.7 | 77.1 | 77.1 | 77.0 | 77.0 |
| Years from diagnosis | 11.4 | – | 10.8 | – | 5.9 | – |
| History of diabetes | ||||||
| No. of patients | 334 | 334 | 167 | 167 | 172 | 172 |
| Patients who died, % | 20.1 | 3.6 | 23.4 | 5.9 | 27.9 | 6.9 |
| Age in 2003, years | 73.3 | 73.3 | 75.7 | 75.7 | 76.3 | 76.3 |
| Years from diagnosis | 10.4 | – | 10.5 | – | 5.6 | – |
| History of coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction | ||||||
| No. of patients | 499 | 499 | 478 | 478 | 600 | 600 |
| Patients who died, % | 25.2 | 7.4 | 24.5 | 8.8 | 27.3 | 6.2 |
| Age in 2003, years | 78.9 | 78.9 | 79.0 | 79.0 | 78.1 | 78.0 |
| Years from diagnosis | 12.4 | – | 10.6 | – | 6.4 | – |
| History of cerebrovascular disease (eg, stroke or transient ischemic attack) | ||||||
| No. of patients | 229 | 229 | 156 | 156 | 148 | 148 |
| Patients who died, % | 34.5 | 10.5 | 33.3 | 11.5 | 39.2 | 15.5 |
| Age in 2003, years | 81.5 | 81.5 | 81.6 | 81.5 | 80.8 | 80.8 |
| Years from diagnosis | 12.9 | 11.1 | 6.2 | |||