Table 3.
Impact of Prognostic Factors on Prostate Cancer Mortality Over 11 to 16 Years Among Veterans in Observational Cohort Analysis (N = 1249)
| Prognostic Factor | Adjusted Hazard Ratio* |
95% Confidence Interval |
P Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (per year) | 1.03 | 1.01–1.06 | .01 |
| Comorbidity: | |||
| 0 | [ref] | – | – |
| 1 | 1.03 | 0.70–1.53 | .87 |
| 2 | 1.31 | 0.86–1.98 | .21 |
| ≥3 | 2.36 | 1.59–3.51 | <.001 |
| D’Amico score:23 | |||
| low risk | [ref] | – | – |
| intermediate risk | 3.06 | 1.58–5.92 | .0009 |
| high risk | 14.2 | 7.86–25.7 | <.001 |
| Race: | |||
| white | [ref] | – | – |
| black | 0.90 | 0.58–1.40 | .65 |
*
Adjusted for characteristics listed in this table, including D’Amico score17 as a composite variable representing prostate cancer prognosis.