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. 2011 Jun 26;2011:234519. doi: 10.1155/2011/234519

Table 4.

Multivariable Cox proportional hazards model predicting overall survival in a cohort of subjects with prostate cancer (CaP) followed on active surveillance (AS) for primary treatment, stratified by secondary treatment type.

Secondary treatment type characteristic None (AS only) RP3 EBRT-Br4 HT5
HOR1 (95% CI2) P value HOR (95% CI) P value HOR (95% CI) P value HOR (95% CI) P value
Age at diagnosis, years 0.1737 0.1532 0.3743 0.4236
 <60 Referent Referent Referent Referent
 60–60.9 2.43 (0.84–6.97) 0.0983 1.65 (0.35–7.60) 0.5196 1.35 (0.45–4.02) 0.5836 1.84 (0.40–8.27) 0.4264
 ≥70 2.700 (0.95–7.64) 0.0616 4.41 (0.85–22.7) 0.0762 1.84 (0.62–5.42) 0.2663 1.32 (0.30–5.74) 0.7108
Race
 White Referent Referent Referent Referent
 Black 1.24 (0.74–2.07) 0.4120 0.46 (0.09–2.32) 0.3522 1.14 (0.64–2.03) 0.6478 1.17 (0.60–2.29) 0.6282
Comorbidities 0.3218 0.4464 0.0061 0.5145
 0 Referent Referent Referent Referent
 1 1.15 (0.66–1.99) 0.6059 2.42 (0.65–8.99) 0.1865 0.58 (0.27–1.23) 0.1582 1.06 (0.53–2.12) 0.8657
 2 1.60 (0.85–3.02) 0.1425 0.97 (0.19–4.84) 0.9731 0.48 (0.21–1.06) 0.0724 1.22 (0.60–2.46) 0.5730
 ≥3 1.53 (0.86–2.71) 0.1431 2.05 (0.33–12.6) 0.4361 1.70 (0.82–3.53) 0.1518 0.71 (0.34–1.50) 0.3800
D'Amico et al. risk strata <0.0001 0.0353 0.0007 0.0787
 Low Referent Referent Referent Referent
 Intermediate 1.47 (0.88–2.45) 0.1371 1.78 (0.44–7.12) 0.4124 2.16 (0.99–4.71) 0.0528 1.75 (0.87–3.51) 0.1112
 High 3.52 (2.18–5.69) <0.0001 5.64 (1.48–21.4) 0.0110 4.20 (1.98–8.90) 0.0002 2.03 (1.09–3.78) 0.0257
Dx6 to secondary treatment, months 1.00 (0.97–1.03) 0.8635 0.98 (0.97–1.00) 0.0424 0.98 (0.975–0.99) 0.0010

1HOR: hazard Odds Ratio.

2CI: confidence Interval.

3RP: radical prostatectomy.

4EBRT-BR: external beam radiation therapy and Brachytherapy, combined.

5HT: hormone therapy.

6Dx: diagnosis of CaP.