Table 3.
Baseline Patient Characteristics (n = 602)
| Demographic and Clinical Variables | |
|---|---|
| Age (mean ± SD) | 63.3 ± 8.0 |
| Race (%) | |
| African American | 32.26 |
| Caucasian | 67.74 |
| Education (%) | |
| College or more | 64.80 |
| High School or less | 35.20 |
| Marital status (%) | |
| Single/widowed/divorced | 27.47 |
| Married | 72.53 |
| Employment status (%) | |
| Part-time/other | 61.99 |
| Full-time | 38.01 |
| Income level (%) | |
| >$40,000 | 60.30 |
| $40,000 | 39.70 |
| Signs and symptoms (%) | |
| Difficulty or discomfort urinating | 21.62 |
| Having to urinate too often | 45.53 |
| Weak urinary stream | 34.76 |
| Infection of bladder or prostate | 8.42 |
| Blood in urine | 7.55 |
| Pain or aches in back, hips, or legs | 29.8 |
| More tired or worn out than usual | 25.36 |
| Charlson comorbidity (mean ± SD) | 1.3 ± 2.4 |
| Prostate-specific antigen at diagnosis (ng/ml) (mean ± SD) | 7.6 ± 8.0 |
| Gleason score (total) (mean ± SD) | 6.3 ± 0.9 |
| TNM stage (%) | |
| T1a–T1c | 68.32 |
| T2a | 15.08 |
| T2b | 2.57 |
| T2c | 3.31 |
| T3a | 7.35 |
| T3b | 3.31 |
| Treatment type (%) | |
| Radical prostatectomy | 61.70 |
| External beam radiation therapy | 32.30 |
| Hormonal therapy | 12.09 |
| Watchful waiting | 2.27 |