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. 2023 Nov 17;13:1260325. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1260325

Table 2.

Risk factors of developing SPMN (bladder cancer or rectum cancer) after prostate cancer diagnosis among patients receiving radiotherapy by Statistical Method.

Characteristic Competing risk regression Poisson regression
Univariate analysis
HR (95% CI)
P-value Multivariable analysis
HR (95% CI)
P-value Univariate analysis
HR (95% CI)
P-value Multivariable analysis
HR (95% CI)
P-value
Age at diagnosis
<50 years Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
50-70 years 1.89(1.23-2.90) 0.014 1.78(1.16- 2.73) 0.027 1.97(1.32-3.12) 0.009 1.83(1.22-2.9) 0.02
>70 years 2.08(1.35-3.18) 0.005 2.05(1.33- 3.15) <0.001 2.32(1.56-3.68) 0.001 2.18(1.45-3.46) 0.02
Race
White Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
black 0.68(0.61-0.77) <0.001 0.75(0.66-0.84) <0.001 0.63(0.56-0.71) <0.001 0.75(0.66-0.84) <0.001
others1 0.66(0.55-0.78) <0.001 0.67(0.57-0.79) <0.001 0.65(0.55-0.77) <0.001 0.67(0.56-0.79) <0.001
Year of diagnosis
1995-1999 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
2000-2004 0.86(0.79-0.93) <0.001 0.83(0.75-0.9) <0.001 0.79(0.68-0.9) <0.001 0.77(0.7-0.85) <0.001
2005-2009 0.69(0.63-0.76) <0.001 0.72(0.64-0.81) <0.001 0.43(0.39-0.48) <0.001 0.5(0.45-0.56) <0.001
2010-2014 0.67(0.56-0.8) <0.001 0.96(0.78-0.99) <0.001 0.16(0.13- 0.18) <0.001 0.27(0.22-0.33) <0.001
Marital status
Married Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Unmarried 1.29(1.17-1.42) <0.001 1.19(1.08-1.31) 0.004 1.34(1.22-1.48) <0.001 1.18(1.07-1.3) 0.005
Gleason biopsy
6 Ref. Ref.
7 1.03(0.7-1.5) 0.89 0.99(0.68- 1.47) 0.98
8-10 1.2(0.76-1.9) 0.53 1.29(0.81-2.03) 0.35
AJCC Stage Group
II Ref. Ref.
III 0.95(0.63-1.4) 0.83 0.96(0.62-1.4) 0.86
IV 0.47(0.18-1.2) 0.19 0.48(0.15-1.08) 0.2
Summary stage
Localized Ref. Ref.
Regional 0.83(0.66-1.04) 0.18 0.84(0.66-1.04) 0.19
Grade
Grade I or Grade II Ref. Ref. Ref.
Grade III or Grade IV 0.85(0.79-0.92) <0.001 0.99(0.91-1.07) 0.83 0.61(0.57-0.66) <0.001 0.98(0.9-1.07) 0.768
Radiation strategy
EBRT Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
EBRT+BT 1.14(1.04-1.25) 0.023 1.15(1.04-1.26) 0.02 1.17(1.07-1.29) 0.004 1.14(1.03-1.25) 0.02
BT 1.17(1.07-1.27) 0.002 1.16(1.06-1.26) 0.005 1.15(1.05-1.24) 0.007 1.14(1.04-1.24) 0.01
Latency
5-10 years Ref. Ref. Ref.
11-15 years 1.47(1.34-1.62) <0.001 1.55(1.39-1.72) <0.001 2.31(2.1-2.55) <0.001 1.76(1.59-1.97) <0.001
16-20 years 1.61(1.46-1.78) <0.001 1.57(1.39-1.76) <0.001 3.38(3.06-3.75) <0.001 2.02(1.8-2.28) <0.001
21-25 years 1.6(1.38-1.86) <0.001 1.43(1.2-1.69) <0.001 3.89(3.32-4.54) <0.001 2.04(1.7-2.43) <0.001

EBRT, external beam radiotherapy; EBRT+BT, interstitial brachytherapy or a combination of external beam radiotherapy; BT, brachytherapy; SPMN, second pelvic malignant neoplasm; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.

1Other: American/Indian/Alaska/Native and Asian/Pacific Islander.

: statistical significance.