Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with TAM -associated AEs.

From: Real-world assessment of thromboembolic risk associated with tamoxifen

Characteristics number (%)

Thromboembolism AEs reported in TAM users (n = 385)

No-thromboembolism AEs reported in TAM users (n = 4080)

All AEs reported in TAM users (n = 4465)

Gender

 Female

303 (78.7%)

3448 (84.5%)

3751 (84.0%)

 Male

43 (11.2%)

153 (3.8%)

196 (4.4%)

 Missing data

39 (10.1%)

479 (11.7%)

518 (11.6%)

Age (years)

 < 45

23 (6.0%)

462 (11.4%)

485 (10.9%)

 45 ≤ and ≤ 64.9

171 (44.4%)

1367 (33.5%)

1538 (34.4%)

 65 ≤ and ≤ 85

99 (25.7%)

731 (17.9%)

830 (18.6%)

 > 85

10 (2.6%)

39 (1.0%)

49 (1.1%)

 Missing data

82 (21.3%)

1481 (36.3%)

1563 (35.0%)

Weight (kg)

 < 60

40 (10.39%)

399 (9.78%)

439 (9.83%)

 60 ≤ and ≤ 80

58 (15.06%)

515 (12.62%)

573 (12.83%)

 > 80

60 (15.58%)

208 (5.10%)

268 (6.00%)

 Missing data

227 (58.96%)

2958 (72.50%)

3185 (71.33%)

Reporters

 Physician (MD)

142 (36.9%)

1228 (30.1%)

1370 (30.7%)

 Pharmacist (PH)

50 (13.0%)

295 (7.2%)

345 (7.7%)

 Health professional (HP)

21 (5.5%)

306 (7.5%)

327 (7.3%)

 Consumer (CN)

72 (18.7%)

1405 (34.4%)

1477 (33.1%)

 Lawyer (LW)

5 (1.3%)

17 (0.4%)

22 (0.5%)

 Missing data

95 (24.7%)

829(20.3%)

924 (20.7%)

Reporter country (top three)

 America (US)

145 (37.7%)

1485 (36.4%)

1630 (36.5%)

 United Kingdom (UK)

59 (15.3%)

625 (15.3%)

684 (15.3%)

 France (FR)

73 (19.0%)

471 (11.5%)

544 (12.2%)

Time-to-onset (days)

 Median (IQR)

532 (1021)

470 (1015)

485 (1023)

 Min-max

0-4960

0-8095

0-8095

Outcomes

 Death (DE)

27 (7.0%)

173 (4.2%)

200 (4.5%)

 Disability (DS)

9 (2.3%)

200 (4.9%)

209 (4.7%)

 Hospitalization-initial or prolonged (HO)

157 (40.8%)

629 (15.4%)

786 (17.6%)

 Life-threatening (LT)

62 (16.1%)

118 (2.9%)

180 (4.0%)

 Other serious outcome (OT)

105 (27.3%)

2077 (50.9%)

2182 (48.9%)

 Missing data

25 (6.5%)

848 (20.8%)

908 (20.3%)