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Table 2 Underlying causes of mortality among breast cancer patients. Hazards ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals presented (Nā€‰=ā€‰622,204)

From: Disease trajectories and mortality among women diagnosed with breast cancer

Disease

Code

No.

HR (95%CI)

Breast cancer mortality

C50

5405

ā€“

Causes other than breast cancer

Ā 

3556

1.06 (1.02ā€“1.10)

Infectious diseases

ā€ƒOverall

Ā 

68

1.08 (0.84ā€“1.39)

ā€ƒā€ƒSepsis

A41

35

1.19 (0.84ā€“1.70)

Other cancers

ā€ƒOverall

Ā 

1314

1.14 (1.07ā€“1.21)*

ā€ƒā€ƒOther solid cancers

C00

890

1.16 (1.08ā€“1.24)*

ā€ƒā€ƒHematological cancers

C81

76

1.11 (0.87ā€“1.41)

Cardiovascular diseases

ā€ƒOverall

Ā 

1069

1.01 (0.94ā€“1.07)

ā€ƒā€ƒHypertensive disorders

I10

27

1.00 (0.67ā€“1.51)

ā€ƒā€ƒVenous thromboembolism

I26

31

1.45 (0.99ā€“2.13)

ā€ƒā€ƒCardiac arrhythmia

I49

38

1.11 (0.79ā€“1.57)

ā€ƒā€ƒHeart failure

I50

65

0.98 (0.76ā€“1.28)

ā€ƒā€ƒStroke

I60

180

0.94 (0.80ā€“1.09)

Other non-communicable diseases

ā€ƒOverall

Ā 

839

0.96 (0.89ā€“1.03)

  1. Hazard ratios of mortality causes among women in the Swedish national cohort of breast cancer patients, compared to women from the general population who were matched on year of birth, county of residence, and socioeconomic status. The table shows the most prevalent diseases among breast cancer patients. Results with p value <ā€‰0.05 are in italics
  2. *Significant result after Bonferroni correction (pā€‰<ā€‰0.00022)