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. 2015 Dec;16(16):1605–1616. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00280-6

Table 2.

Bowel, urinary, and sexual domain scores at 24 months for UCLA-PCI and EPIC QoL instruments

74 Gy in 37 fractions (n=676)
60 Gy in 20 fractions (n=686)
57 Gy in 19 fractions (n=692)
74 Gy vs 60 Gy p value* 74 Gy vs 57 Gy p value* 60 Gy vs 57 Gy p value*
Number of patients with data Median (IQR) Number of patients with data Median (IQR) Number of patients with data Median (IQR)
Bowel function (UCLA) 312 (46%) 93·8 (82·5–100·0) 310 (45%) 91·8 (79·3–100·0) 331 (48%) 93·8 (81·3–100·0) 0·064 0·77 0·12
Urinary function (UCLA) 311 (46%) 100·0 (81·8–100·0) 313 (46%) 100·0 (81·8–100·0) 334 (48%) 100·0 (83·5–100·0) 0·69 0·47 0·74
Sexual function (UCLA) 307 (45%) 27·1 (4·1–53·1) 300 (44%) 23·4 (7·3–57·3) 321 (46%) 26·0 (7·3–56·3) 0·39 0·33 0·92
Bowel function (EPIC) 95 (14%) 96·4 (89·3–96·4) 94 (14%) 96·4 (89·3–100·0) 100 (14%) 92·9 (85·7–98·2) 0·15 0·51 0·059
Bowel bother (EPIC) 95 (14%) 95·8 (87·5–100·0) 96 (14%) 95·8 (83·3–100·0) 101 (15%) 95·8 (79·2–100·0) 0·54 0·15 0·38
Bowel summary (EPIC) 93 (14%) 94·2 (88·5–98·1) 94 (14%) 94·2 (87·5–100·0) 99 (14%) 94·2 (84·6–98·1) 0·41 0·41 0·15
Urinary function (EPIC) 97 (14%) 100·0 (93·4–100·0) 99 (14%) 100·0 (88·4–100·0) 104 (15%) 100·0 (90·9–100·0) 0·18 0·84 0·11
Urinary bother (EPIC) 89 (13%) 89·3 (79·2–96·4) 95 (14%) 89·3 (78·6–96·4) 102 (15%) 90·5 (75·0–96·4) 0·64 0·72 0·38
Urinary summary (EPIC) 89 (13%) 91·0 (85·4–97·9) 95 (14%) 93·1 (82·7–97·9) 101 (15%) 93·8 (82·7–97·9) 1·00 0·91 0·93
Sexual function (EPIC) 89 (13%) 21·6 (0·0–60·0) 88 (13%) 21·6 (0·0–53·4) 98 (14%) 26·6 (0·0–58·4) 0·78 0·74 0·53
Sexual summary (EPIC) 92 (14%) 28·4 (15·2–62·5) 93 (14%) 23·7 (16·7–58·3) 99 (14%) 27·8 (13·8–61·2) 0·60 0·84 0·74

EPIC-50 was used for bowel and urinary domains and EPIC-26 for sexual domains. UCLA-PCI=University of California, Los Angeles Prostate Cancer Index. EPIC=Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite.

*

Mann-Whitney U test.