Clinical Relationship between Serum ApoB and Myocardial Ischemia Risk in
Breast Cancer Patients
Abstract
Abstract The risk factors and clinical prediction of cardiovascular
disease comorbidities in patients with breast cancer have not been fully
clarified. We conducted this retrospective case-control study. The
univariable and multivariable cox regression was used to screen the risk
factors of cardiovascular comorbidities in breast cancer patients, and
construct a clinical prediction model, followed by prediction efficacy
test and internal validation. A total of 144 cases were included and
divided into two groups based on the low and high expression levels of
apoB (n=46 in apoBlow and n=98 in apoBhigh group). Univariable and
multivariable cox regression found that apoB, age and HER2 were the key
factors responsible for the myocardial ischemia occurrence in breast
cancer patients. These factors were used to constructed the clinical
prediction model with combination area under curve (AUC) of 0.583, and
the decision curve analysis (DCA) suggested that there would be
therapeutically clinical net benefit in the model-predicted population
in the predicted threshold interval between 0.35 to 0.70. Finally,
Kaplan-meier plot indicated HER2(+) category and apoBhigh lead to the
most occurrence of myocardial ischemia in breast cancer patients.
Moreover, the 3-year disease-free survival (DFS) was not found
difference between the apoBlow and apoBhigh subgroups. The clinical
prediction model was constructed using three key factors, and it was
indicated HER2(+) and apoBhigh lead to the most occurrence of myocardial
ischemia in breast cancer patients. This study may be helpful in
providing clinical evidence for the early prediction of cardiovascular
comorbidities in breast cancer patients.