Table 1.

Study sample characteristics (n = 93)

Patient characteristics	n	%
Age at recruitment appointment (y)
50–54	5	5
55–59	15	16
60–64	38	41
65–70	35	38
Mean age (SD)	62	4.56
Ethnicity
White	91	98
Other	2	2
Marital status
Married/living as married	76	82
Single/widowed/divorced/separated	17	18
Socioeconomic statusa
Managerial and professional	33	37
Intermediate	14	16
Working	43	48
Grade of cancer (Gleason score)
6 (lower risk)	72	77
7/8b (higher risk)	21	23
Study center
A	9	10
B	9	10
C	7	8
D	6	6
E	17	18
F	16	17
G	9	10
H	11	12
I	9	10

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

^aBased on the UK National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (three-class version) [23]—three missing observations.

^bOnly two participants had grade 8.