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. 2013 Nov 4;8(11):e79773. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079773

Table 2. Unadjusted associations of clinician characteristics and pathologic variables and the recommendation for adjuvant radiotherapy.

Overall*
Urology
Radiation Oncology
Relative Risk (95% CI) p-value Relative Risk (95% CI) p-value Relative Risk (95% CI) p-value
Age (n = 127)
30-39 (ref.) 1.0 - 1.0 - 1.0 -
40-49 1.17 (1.06-1.28) 0.001 1.14 (0.99-1.31) 0.09 1.07 (0.96-1.18) 0.20
50-59 0.98 (0.88-1.10) 0.78 0.97 (0.83-1.13) 0.70 1.19 (1.08-1.31) 0.0007
≥60 0.86 (0.74-0.99) 0.05 0.92 (0.76-1.12) 0.42 0.72 (0.55-0.95) 0.02
Fellowship Training
(n = 127)
Yes vs. No 0.94 (0.86-1.02) 0.11 0.77 (0.67-0.89) 0.0003 0.92 (0.84-1.0) 0.05
Gleason score
(n = 128)
7 vs.6 1.38 (1.20-1.59) <0.0001 1.60 (1.29-1.98) <0.0001 1.16 (1.0-1.34) 0.05
8-10 vs. 6 1.81 (1.60-2.05) <0.0001 2.33 (1.92-2.82) <0.0001 1.30 (1.14-1.49) <0.0001
8-10 vs. 7 1.31 (1.19-1.44) <0.0001 1.45 (1.26-1.67) <0.0001 1.13 (1.0-1.25) 0.03
Surgical Margin
(n =129)
R1 vs. R0 1.35 (1.23-1.48) <0.0001 1.60 (1.39-1.85) <0.0001 1.08 (0.99-1.19) 0.1
Stage (n = 129)
3a vs. 2 1.09 (0.98-1.26) 0.10 1.14 (0.98-1.32) 0.09 1.03 (0.92-1.15) 0.63
3b vs. 2 1.35 (1.21-1.50) <0.0001 1.48 (1.27-1.74) <0.0001 1.19 (1.06-1.32) 0.002
3b vs. 3a 1.24 (1.14-1.35) <0.0001 1.31 (1.16-1.47) <0.0001 1.16 (1.06-1.26) 0.0007
Practice Setting
(n = 127)
Community vs. Academic 0.84 (0.77-0.91) <0.0001 1.07 (0.95-1.20) 0.29 0.95 (0.79-1.14) 0.56
Access to Radiotherapy
(n = 129)
Excellent vs. Poor/average 1.04 (0.93-1.15) 0.50 1.16 (0.98-1.37) 0.08 0.89 (0.82-0.97) 0.01
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10 respondents did not provide specialty information