Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of demographic and clinical characteristics by treatment type
| Characteristics | Prostatectomy (n = 146, 16.8%) |
EBRT (n = 483, 55.6%) |
Brachytherapy (n = 240, 27.6%) |
Full Sample (N = 869) |
X2/F | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (Mean ±SD) | 58.38±6.70a | 67.24±6.91b | 66.16±6.84b | 65.45±7.57 | 95.14 | .001 |
| PSA Level (Mean ±SD) | 5.99±3.41a | 8.77±8.59b | 6.13±4.27c | 7.53±7.08 | 14.724 | .001 |
| Gleason Score (Mean ±SD) | 6.14±.70a | 6.40±.86b | 6.01±.37a | 6.3±0.8 | 21.04 | .001 |
| Received neo-adjuvant/adjuvant | 6.8% | 12.6% | 16.2% | 13% | 7.25 | .03 |
| Education: | ||||||
| ≤High School | 47.2% | 48.1% | 59.6% | 51.1% | 1.93 | .38 |
| ≥College | 52.8% | 51.9% | 40.4% | 48.9% | ||
| Marital Status: | ||||||
| Married/with partner | 78.8% | 82% | 83.3% | 81.8% | 1.29 | .52 |
| Single/Widowed/Divorced | 21.2% | 18% | 16.7% | 18.2% | ||
| Race | ||||||
| Caucasian | 90.4% | 89.9% | 92.1% | 90.6% | 10.43 | .23 |
| African American | 8.2% | 7.9% | 5.8% | 7.4% | ||
| Hispanic | 1.4% | .8% | 1.7% | 1.2% | ||
| Asian/Other | 0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | .9% | ||
| Employment | ||||||
| Employed | 69.9% | 33.5% | 30.4% | 57.6% | 72.07 | .001 |
| Not employed/retired | 30.1% | 66.5 | 69.6% | 42.4% | ||
Note. Different letters indicate significant differences between groups. Similar letters indicate the lack of significant differences between groups. Total sample is not included in statistical comparisons between the three treatment groups; surgery, radiation, and brachytherapy.