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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: BJU Int. 2012 Aug 29;111(2):213–220. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11423.x

TABLE 3.

Overall multivariable linear regression model

Covariate Coefficient P
Age at diagnosis (years) 0.02 0.74
Education
 College degree vs high school 1.04 0.49
 High school degree vs high school 1.45 0.36
 College vs high school −0.22 0.9
Race/ethnicity
 African American vs Caucasian −4.36 0.07
 Asian/Pacific Islander vs Caucasian −4.39 0.33
 Latino vs Caucasian −4.77 0.2
 Other/unknown vs Caucasian 0.83 0.81
Married/partnered (yes vs no) −0.99 0.53
PSA level at diagnosis (ng/mL) 0.03 0.52
Biopsy Gleason grade
 7 (3+4) vs 2–6 −1.03 0.38
 7 (4+3) vs 2–6 1.29 0.45
 8–10 vs 2–6 1.96 0.32
Clinical T-stage
 cT2 vs cT1 −0.27 0.76
 cT3 vs cT1 2.76 0.64
Primary treatment
 PADT vs RP −2.47 0.27
 RT vs RP −0.58 0.65
Any neoadjuvant/adjuvant treatment −1.28 0.33
Time from diagnosis to treatment (months) 0.1 0.75
Baseline body mass index 0.01 0.95
Baseline number of comorbidities −0.73 0.04
Baseline SF-36 MCS 0.14 < 0.01
Baseline SF-36 PCS 0.13 0.02
Baseline fear of cancer recurrence −0.16 < 0.01
PCI sexual function decline −1.81 0.04
PCI bowel function decline −2.84 < 0.01
PCI urinary function decline −2.15 0.02

MCS, Mental Component Summary; PADT, primary androgen deprivation therapy; PCI, Prostate Cancer Index; PCS, Physical Component Summary; RP, radical prostatectomy; RT, radiation therapy; SF-36, 36-item short-form health survey.