Table 2 Cardiovascular outcomes (after 90 days of ADT initiation) among patients on GnRH antagonists and agonists by pre-existing cardiovascular disease.

From: Correction to: Cardiovascular risk of gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist versus agonist in men with prostate cancer: an observational study in Taiwan

 

All

Pre-existing CVDa

No pre-existing CVD

 

GnRH antagonist N = 499

GnRH agonist N = 15,127

 

GnRH antagonist N = 167

GnRH agonist N = 3348

 

GnRH antagonist N = 332

GnRH agonist N = 11,779

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

P value

n (%)

n (%)

P value

n (%)

n (%)

P value

Receiving hyperlipidemia treatment

125 (25.1)

5183 (34.3)

<0.0001

61 (36.5)

1589 (47.5)

0.0057

64 (19.3)

3594 (30.5)

<0.0001

Receiving cardiac therapy

123 (24.6)

4960 (32.8)

<0.0001

56 (33.5)

1381 (41.3)

0.0478

67 (20.2)

3579 (30.4)

<0.0001

IHD, stroke or CHF

18 (3.6)

1758 (11.6)

<0.0001

3 (1.8)

410 (12.3)

<0.0001

15 (4.5)

1348 (11.4)

<0.0001

Vital status

  

0.3939

  

0.6542

  

0.6231

 Alive

377 (75.6)

11,229 (74.2)

 

130 (77.8)

2570 (76.8)

 

247 (74.3)

8659 (73.5)

 

 CV-related death

7 (1.4)

348 (2.3)

 

2 (1.2)

76 (2.3)

 

5 (1.5)

272 (2.3)

 

 Other cause death

115 (23.0)

3550 (23.5)

 

35 (21.0)

702 (21.0)

 

80 (24.1)

2848 (24.2)

 
  1. ADT androgen deprivation therapy, CHF congestive heart failure, CV cardiovascular, GnRH gonadotropin-releasing hormone, IHD ischemic heart disease.
  2. aPre-existing CVD: receiving cardiac therapy, diagnosis of ischemic heart diseases, stroke, or congestive heart failure 1 year before androgen deprivation therapy initiation.