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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 10.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Med. 2010 Nov 10;29(25):2569–2580. doi: 10.1002/sim.4017

Table 3.

Estimation of Interaction SADT Effects

Two-Stage Method Seq. Strat. (10-NN)

Interaction Hazard Ratio 95% CI p* Hazard Ratio 95% CI p*
Time of SADT (after radiation therapy)
 0–2.5 years 0.26 (0.16, 0.42) 0.41 0.30 (0.18, 0.50) 0.76
 2.5–4 years 0.16 (0.09, 0.26) 0.24 (0.13, 0.46)
 4–6 years 0.27 (0.15, 0.47) 0.28 (0.14, 0.54)
 6+ years 0.33 (0.15, 0.75) 0.47 (0.17, 1.30)
Age (at time of SADT)
 ≤ 71 years 0.22 (0.13, 0.37) 0.33 0.30 (0.16, 0.55) 0.31
 71–76 years 0.23 (0.13, 0.43) 0.19 (0.09, 0.39)
 76–80 years 0.18 (0.10, 0.33) 0.25 (0.13, 0.48)
 80+ years 0.36 (0.21, 0.62) 0.44 (0.24, 0.79)
Predicted PSA (at time of SADT)
 ≤ 1.5 0.20 (0.09, 0.46) 0.36 0.37 (0.16, 0.86) 0.51
 1.5–2 0.14 (0.06, 0.31) 0.22 (0.09, 0.53)
 2–3 0.31 (0.19, 0.48) 0.36 (0.22, 0.61)
 3+ 0.24 (0.15, 0.40) 0.23 (0.13, 0.39)
Predicted Slope of PSA (at time of SADT)
 ≤ 0.4 0.65 (0.31, 1.35) 0.04 0.94 (0.41, 2.15) 0.02
 0.4–0.7 0.27 (0.15, 0.49) 0.35 (0.17, 0.70)
 0.7–1 0.21 (0.12, 0.37) 0.17 (0.08, 0.36)
 1+ 0.19 (0.12, 0.30) 0.26 (0.16, 0.41)
Predicted PSA, Slope of PSA (at time of SADT)
 PSA ≤ 2, Slope ≤ 0.7 0.30 (0.15, 0.60) 0.06 0.49 (0.22, 1.07) 0.10
 PSA > 2, Slope ≤ 0.7 0.41 (0.22, 0.78) 0.47 (0.22, 0.98)
 PSA ≤ 2, Slope > 0.7 0.07 (0.02, 0.22) 0.13 (0.05, 0.34)
 PSA > 2, Slope > 0.7 0.24 (0.16, 0.37) 0.25 (0.16, 0.39)
Time (after SADT)
 0–1.5 years 0.31 (0.20, 0.47) 0.14 0.37 (0.24, 0.55) 0.18
 1.5–3 years 0.20 (0.11, 0.35) 0.19 (0.11, 0.33)
 3–5 years 0.12 (0.06, 0.27) 0.24 (0.07, 0.81)
 5+ years 0.28 (0.13, 0.59) 0.66 (0.11, 4.12)
*

P-value for Wald test of equal interaction effects

Predicted PSA and slope of PSA are based on log(PSA + 0.1)