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Table 2 Antihypertensive (AH) medications use and risk of ovarian cancer, all-cause and non-cancer mortality

From: Evaluation of antihypertensive medications use and survival in patients with ovarian cancer: a population-based retrospective cohort study

AH medica-tion use

Ovarian cancer mortality

All-cause mortality

Non-cancer mortality

Deaths/ Cases, n

HR (95% CI)

Deaths/ Cases, n

HR (95% CI)

Deaths/ Cases, n

HR (95% CI)

Age-adjusted

Fully adjusteda

Age-adjusted

Fully adjusteda

Age-adjusted

Fully adjusteda

SNS-AH

      

 Non-use

219/537

1.00

1.00

248/537

1.00

1.00

15/537

1.00

1.00

 Use

23/51

0.96 (0.61; 1.50)

1.05 (0.61; 1.80)

31/51

1.08 (0.73; 1.59)

1.12 (0.71; 1.79)

5/51

1.97 (0.69; 5.67)

1.46 (0.41; 5.11)

 lowb

10/25

0.91 (0.48; 1.73)

1.01 (0.48; 2.10)

15/25

1.17 (0.68; 1.99)

1.19 (0.64; 2.19)

   

 high

13/26

1.00 (0.56; 1.79)

1.08 (0.56; 2.11)

16/26

1.00 (0.59; 1.69)

1.07 (0.59; 1.93)

   

Diuretics

       

 Non-use

190/471

1.00

1.00

213/471

1.00

1.00

13/471

1.00

1.00

 Use

52/117

0.84 (0.60; 1.17)

1.03 (0.68; 1.56)

66/117

0.90 (0.67; 1.21)

0.97 (0.67; 1.41)

7/117

1.03 (0.39; 2.74)

0.57 (0.16; 1.98)

 lowb

28/58

0.88 (0.57; 1.34)

0.99 (0.61; 1.62)

34/58

0.89 (0.60; 1.31)

0.90 (0.58; 1.41)

   

 high

24/59

0.80 (0.52; 1.24)

1.09 (0.64; 1.87)

32/59

0.91 (0.61; 1.33)

1.07 (0.67; 1.73)

   

Beta blockers

     

 Non-use

165/422

1.00

1.00

187/422

1.00

1.00

11/422

1.00

1.00

 Use

77/166

1.10 (0.83; 1.46)

1.43 (0.98; 2.08)

92/166

1.11 (0.85; 1.44)

1.32 (0.94; 1.86)

9/166

1.34 (0.54; 3.33)

0.89 (0.29; 2.73)

 lowb

44/82

1.37 (0.97; 1.93)

1.67 (1.10; 2.53)

50/82

1.31 (0.95; 1.81)

1.50 (1.02; 2.21)

   

 high

33/84

0.87 (0.60; 1.28)

1.12 (0.69; 1.83)

42/84

0.94 (0.67; 1.32)

1.10 (0.71; 1.71)

   

Calcium channel blockers

     

 Non-use

216/515

1.00

1.00

240/515

1.00

1.00

13/515

1.00

1.00

 Use

26/73

0.66 (0.43; 1.00)

0.75 (0.45; 1.23)

39/73

0.85 (0.60; 1.23)

0.95 (0.62; 1.45)

7/73

2.21 (0.83; 5.88)

1.75 (0.53; 5.72)

 lowb

10/34

0.57 (0.30; 1.08)

0.84 (0.41; 1.73)

16/34

0.80 (0.48; 1.33)

1.05 (0.58; 1.90)

   

 high

16/39

0.73 (0.43; 1.24)

0.70 (0.39; 1.26)

23/39

0.90 (0.58; 1.41)

0.89 (0.54; 1.48)

   

Angiotensin receptor blockers

     

 Non-use

218/526

1.00

1.00

245/526

1.00

1.00

13/526

1.00

1.00

 Use

24/62

0.81 (0.52; 1.24)

0.73 (0.43; 1.23)

34/62

0.99 (0.68; 1.43)

0.89 (0.57; 1.39)

7/62

3.07 (1.17; 8.06)

2.45 (0.72; 8.31)

 lowb

12/31

0.87 (0.48; 1.57)

0.64 (0.31; 1.30)

18/31

1.12 (0.69; 1.83)

0.90 (0.50; 1.62)

   

 high

12/31

0.75 (0.42; 1.36)

0.82 (0.43; 1.57)

16/31

0.87 (0.52; 1.45)

0.88 (0.49; 1.56)

   

ACE inhibitors

     

 Non-use

187/443

1.00

1.00

212/443

1.00

1.00

14/443

1.00

1.00

 Use

55/145

0.68 (0.50; 0.94)

0.55 (0.36; 0.83)

67/145

0.70 (0.52; 0.93)

0.55 (0.38; 0.80)

6/145

0.67 (0.25; 1.81)

0.56 (0.17; 1.84)

 lowb

27/72

0.69 (0.45; 1.05)

0.65 (0.40; 1.05)

33/72

0.66 (0.46; 0.94)

0.63 (0.41; 0.97)

   

 high

28/73

0.68 (0.45; 1.02)

0.46 (0.28; 0.77) *

34/73

0.76 (0.51; 1.13)*

0.48 (0.30; 0.76) *

   
  1. aCox model, adjusted for age, place of residence, CCI, stage, histology, surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, use of anticoagulants, statins, antidiabetics, antihypertensive medications 1-year pre-diagnosis. Mutually adjusted for the use of antihypertensive medications 1-year after diagnosis
  2. blow usage: ≤median of DDD amount; high usage: >median of DDD amount. No results by amount categories were included in the non-cancer mortality analysis due to insufficient numbers of patients to allow meaningful analysis
  3. * p for trend < 0.05