Cardiovascular Mortality Risk among Patients with Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: A Registry-Based Analysis

Table 2

The standardized mortality ratios of all causes of cardiovascular mortality in patients with GEP-NENs.

CVD	Observed deaths (%)	Expected deaths	SMR (95% CI)	AER per 10,000
Total	1598 (100)	1335.17	1.20 (1.14-1.26)	12.63
Diseases of heart	1204 (75.3)	1018.14	1.18 (1.12-1.25)	8.93
Hypertension without heart disease	67 (4.2)	47.14	1.42 (1.10-1.81)	0.95
Cerebrovascular diseases	271 (16.9)	223.69	1.21 (1.07-1.36)	2.27
Atherosclerosis	9 (0.6)	12.13	0.74 (0.34-1.41)	-0.15
Aortic aneurysm and dissection	20 (1.2)	18.59	1.08 (0.66-1.66)	0.07
Other diseases of arteries, arterioles, capillaries	27 (1.7)	15.49	1.74 (1.15-2.54)	0.55

Abbreviation: CVD: cardiovascular disease; SMR: standardized mortality ratio; CI: confidence interval; AER: absolute excess risk.