Table 2.
Characteristics of men with localized prostate cancer in high-and low-use PADT health service areas
Moderately-differentiated | Poorly-differentiated | All localized cancers | ||||
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High N=4,278 | Low N=5,898 | High N=1,433 | Low N=1,478 | High N=6,302 | Low N=6,673 | |
PADT within 180 days | 2,058 (48.1%) | 1,502 (25.5%) | 1,058 (73.8%) | 757 (51.2%) | 3,321 (52.5%) | 2,041 (30.6%) |
PADT within 18 months | 2,067 (48.3%) | 1,652 (28.0%) | 1,081 (75.6%) | 815 (55.1%) | 3,396 (53.9%) | 2,247 (33.7%) |
Mean duration of PADT use (months; standard deviation) | 21 (30) | 16 (29) | 34 (34) | 26 (33) | 24 (31) | 19 (31) |
Median age at diagnosis (years; interquartile range) | 78 (73–82) | 77 (72–81) | 79 (75–83) | 79 (74–83) | 78 (74–82) | 77 (73–81) |
Median zip-level income (interquartile range) | $41,284 (33,816–56, 958) | $44,939 (34,490–56,912) | $42,545 (35,091–59,722) | $41,580 (31,166–52,645) | $42,408 (34,382–60,669) | $44,107 (33,176–56,041) |
Mean Charlson score (standard deviation) | 0.22 (0.63) | 0.22 (0.64) | 0.19 (0.58) | 0.22 (0.64) | 0.21 (0.61) | 0.22 (0.64) |
Clinical stage T1 | 2,619 (61.2%) | 3,742 (63.5%) | 698 (48.7%) | 739 (50.0%) | 3,651 (57.9%) | 3,901 (58.5%) |