TABLE 3.

Disease-specific HRQL at baseline and change within 6 months after diagnosis according to diabetes status and treatment

	HRQL score ± SD
	No diabetes diagnosis	Prevalent diabetes	Incident diabetes
Prostatectomy	n = 796	n = 108	n = 108
Urinary control
Baseline	95.1 ± 14.9	92.3 ± 18.6	93.8 ± 15.3
Change 6 months	−27.8 ± 25.7	−32.2 ± 31.6	−33.5 ± 28.8
Bowel function
Baseline	92.5 ± 17.5	89.2 ± 19.8*	90.7 ± 20.9
Change 6 months	−3.9 ± 20.9	−6.2 ± 26.7	−5.0 ± 23.6
Sexual function
Baseline	77.9 ± 32.7	59.5 ± 41.4***	70.3 ± 37.9
Change 6 months	−48.4 ± 35.6	−37.6 ± 34.6†	−45.9 ± 34.5
Radiation therapy	n = 299	n = 63	n = 46
Urinary control
Baseline	87.9 ± 20.3	85.7 ± 25.2	87.5 ± 19.1
Change 6 months	−2.7 ± 20.3	−2.4 ± 25.2	0.6 ± 19.2
Bowel function
Baseline	87.2 ± 23.2	84.1 ± 26.3	83.4 ± 24.7
Change 6 months	−13.3 ± 27.7	−9.1 ± 33.0	−6.2 ± 27.6
Sexual function
Baseline	68.8 ± 35.9	64.2 ± 36.3	66.3 ± 34.4
Change 6 months	−11.0 ± 38.8	−14.6 ± 41.1	−14.5 ± 38.4
Hormone therapy	n = 125	n = 21	n = 26
Urinary control
Baseline	84.8 ± 23.9	80.9 ± 27.0	80.1 ± 29.8
Change 6 months	1.3 ± 23.2	2.4 ± 27.6	−3.8 ± 27.1
Bowel function
Baseline	83.1 ± 28.2	78.7 ± 28.4	90.4 ± 17.4
Change 6 months	−0.8 ± 27.9	3.8 ± 28.2	−1.0 ± 17.6
Sexual function
Baseline	61.9 ± 40.0	50.0 ± 38.0	54.0 ± 38.0
Change 6 months	−13.9 ± 43.0	−5.3 ± 43.8	−14.4 ± 38.9
Watchful waiting	n = 137	n = 47	n = 35
Urinary control
baseline	88.3 ± 22.8	83.3 ± 24.1	88.2 ± 21.2
Change 6 months	0.9 ± 19.0	4.4 ± 24.2	2.1 ± 21.0
Bowel function
Baseline	91.6 ± 18.5	86.7 ± 25.4*	87.8 ± 18.6
Change 6 months	−0.7 ± 16.0	−0.6 ± 23.8	3.0 ± 18.5
Sexual function
Baseline	66.7 ± 37.1	52.7 ± 38.8	56.4 ± 37.0
Change 6 months	−4.8 ± 20.4	−4.9 ± 25.1	−10.1 ± 26.1

Significantly different from men without diabetes:

^***P < 0.001;

^*P < 0.05.

^†Change scores (men without diabetes vs. prevalent diabetes): P < 0.05 according to Tukey’s test.