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. 2023 Oct 23;116(3):445–454. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djad175

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with prostate cancer and the general population

No. (%)
Prostate cancer(n = 18 134) General population(n = 73 470) P for χ2
Ethnicity <.001
 Hispanic 1588 (8.8) 5032 (6.9)
 Non-Hispanic 16 546 (91.2) 68 438 (93.2)
Race <.001
 Asian 106 (0.6) 559 (0.8)
 Black 130 (0.7) 220 (0.3)
 Multiple races 625 (3.5) 2133 (2.9)
 Othera 19 (0.1) 309 (0.4)
 Missing 112 (0.6) 1443 (2.0)
Baseline body mass indexb <.001
 <18.5 41 (0.2) 233 (0.3)
 18.5-24.9 4183 (23.1) 3210 (23.7)
 25.0-29.9 8704 (48.0) 17421 (46.2)
 ≥30 4166 (23.0) 33904 (25.5)
 Missing 1040 (5.7) 18 702 (4.4)
Baseline Charlson Comorbidity Index .003
 0 9283 (51.2) 36 898 (50.2)
 ≥1 8851 (48.8) 36 572 (49.8)
Educationb .001
 High school or less 8217 (45.3) 34 224 (46.6)
 College 5039 (27.8) 19 418 (26.4)
 Post-college 4878 (26.9) 19 828 (27.0)
Baseline marital status .004
 Married 16 012 (88.3) 65 071 (88.6)
 Widowed 1368 (7.5) 5102 (6.9)
 Unmarriedc 754 (4.2) 3297 (4.5)
Baseline health insurance status <.001
 Medicare 6793 (37.5) 22 462 (30.6)
 Other government supportd 381 (2.1) 1624 (2.2)
 Private health insurance 6782 (37.4) 27 840 (37.9)
 Blue Cross/Blue Shield 1584 (8.7) 6015 (8.2)
 Othere 597 (3.3) 3699 (5.0)
 Missing 1997 (11.0) 11 830 (16.1)
No. (%)
Prostate cancer
(n = 18 134)
Residency
 Urban 15 391 (84.9)
 Rural 2743 (15.1)
US Census Bureau tract-level median household income
 ≤$32 047 444 (2.5)
 $32 048-$53 412 6053 (33.4)
 $53 413-$106 826 11 035 (60.9)
 $106 827-$373 894 595 (3.3)
 Missing f
Yost Socioeconomic Indexg
 Quintile 1 3094 (17.1)
 Quintile 2 3330 (18.4)
 Quintile 3 3643 (20.1)
 Quintile 4 3394 (18.7)
 Quintile 5 4531 (25.0)
 Unknown 143 (0.8)
Age at diagnosis, y
 <50 421 (2.3)
 50-59 3720 (20.5)
 60-69 7391 (40.8)
 70-79 5140 (28.3)
 ≥80 1462 (8.1)
Follow-up time, median (IQR), y 7.43 (3.79-10.39)
PSA at diagnosis, median (IQR), ng/mL 6.6 (4.8-10.4)
PSA value, ng/mL
 <4.0 1875 (10.3)
 4.0-6.9 6570 (36.2)
 7.0-10.0 3167 (17.5)
 10.1-20.0 2454 (13.5)
 >20.0 1691 (9.3)
 Missing 2377 (13.1)
Gleason Grade Grouph
 3 + 3 or less 7435 (41.0)
 3 + 4 5271 (29.1)
 4 + 3 2394 (13.2)
 4 + 4 1476 (8.1)
 9 or 10 1558 (8.6)
Modified risk groupi
 Very low 1956 (10.8)
 Low 2977 (16.4)
 Favorable intermediate 5079 (28.0)
 Unfavorable intermediate 3225 (17.8)
 High 2293 (12.6)
 Very high 2604 (14.4)
American Joint Committee on Cancer staging
 I 4933 (27.2)
 II 9095 (50.2)
 III 3174 (17.5)
 IV 932 (5.1)
First course of treatment
 Surgery only 7137 (39.4)
 Radiation only 3510 (19.4)
 Hormone only 831 (4.6)
 Surgery + other treatmentj 501 (2.8)
 Radiation + hormone 1804 (10.0)
 Chemotherapy + other treatmentk 363 (2.0)
 Conservative treatmentl 3988 (22.0)
a

Included American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander. IQR = interquartile range; PSA = prostate-specific antigen.

b

Variables were imputed for missing values.

c

Includes Never married, Unmarried, and Unmarried and both legal parents living together.

d

Includes Medicaid, Other government support, and Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation institutions.

e

Includes Out of pocket and Miscellaneous.

f

Cells with <11 were suppressed to protect patient identity.

g

The index is constructed using a factor analysis of 7 variables of socioeconomic status.

h

Variables were created based on imputed Gleason pattern and PSA value.

i

Defined by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

j

Includes the combination of surgery and androgen-deprivation therapy and surgery and radiation therapy.

k

Includes the combination of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation therapy; surgery and chemotherapy; radiation therapy and chemotherapy; and radiation therapy, hormone therapy, and chemotherapy.

l

Includes active surveillance, watchful waiting, and no treatment.