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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 17.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Jan 22;71(2):338–345. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.10.019

Table 1.

Patient characteristics for the study group

IMRT 125I p*
n 216 158
Median age (y) 67.6 (26.7–80.6) 64.7 (42.0–78.3) 0.001
PSA (ng/ml)
 <5 97 (44.9) 71 (44.9) 0.38
 5–8 103 (47.7) 69 (43.7)
 8–10 16 (7.4) 18 (11.4)
 Median 5.2 (0.4–9.6) 5.2 (0.5–9.8)
T1c 169 (78.2) 132 (83.5) 0.005
T2a 33 (15.3) 26 (16.5)
T2b 14 (6.5) 0 (0)
Gleason score 5 8 (3.7) 6 (3.8) 0.96
Gleason score 6 208 (96.3) 152 (96.2)
Median prostate size (ml) 47.8 (12.9–160) n = 199 38.1 (22–66.8) n = 158 0.001
Median baseline AUA 6.0 (0–35) n = 167 4.0 (0–17) n = 73 0.014
Diabetes 36/216 (16.7) 18/158 (11.4) 0.15
TURP before radiotherapy 17/216 (7.9) 2/158 (1.3) 0.004
Median D90 (Gy) NA 153.6 NA

Abbreviations: IMRT = intensity-modulated radiotherapy; PSA = prostate-specific antigen; AUA = American Urologic Association symptom score; TURP = transurethral resection of the prostate; D90 = dose to 90% of the prostate; NA = not applicable.

Values expressed as median (range) or number (percent) unless noted otherwise.

*

p from chi-square test.