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Table 1 Patients characteristics

From: Computed tomography-derived myocardial extracellular volume: an early biomarker of cardiotoxicity in esophageal cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy

Number of patients

21

Age at diagnosis (years)

64 ± 18

Females (n, %)

4 (19)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

23.7 ± 3.7

Smokers (n, %)

10 (48)

Alcohol (n, %)

7 (33)

Diabetes (n, %)

2 (10)

Location of tumor (n, %)

 Upper thoracic esophagus

1 (5)

 Middle thoracic esophagus

5 (24)

 Lower thoracic esophagus

14 (66)

 Unknown

1 (5)

Tumor type (n, %)

 Squamous cell carcinoma

13 (62)

 Adenocarcinoma

6 (28)

 Unknown

2 (10)

  1. Continuous data are presented as mean ± standard deviation