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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2015 Nov 17;19(1):72–78. doi: 10.1038/pcan.2015.53

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics.

Characteristic All Patients (n = 200) Docetaxel Alone (n = 69) Docetaxel + Prednisone (n = 131) P-value

Age (years) 68 (45 – 85) 68 (52 – 85) 69 (45 – 85) 0.45

Performance Status
 0 75 (38%) 22 (32%) 53 (40%) 0.001
 1 – 2 86 (43%) 21 (30%) 50 (50%)
 Missing 39 (20%) 26 (38%) 13 (10%)

Hemoglobin (g/dL) 11.9 (7.7 – 15.9) 11.9 (7.7 – 15.9) 11.9 (8.1 – 15.3) 0.49

Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.9 (0.5 – 3.5) 1.0 (0.5 – 3.5) 0.9 (0.5 – 2.1) 0.08

Alkaline Phosphatase (IU/L) 137 (39 – 2109) 125 (44 – 684) 149 (39 – 2109) 0.22

PSA (ng/dL) 153 (1.2 – 5327) 131.1 (2.9 – 4861) 155.7 (1.2 – 5327) 0.96

Gleason score sum
 6 13 (6%) 5 (7%) 8 (6%) 0.56
 7 50 (25%) 17 (25%) 33 (25%)
 8 – 10 116 (58%) 37 (54%) 79 (60%)
 Missing 21 (10%) 10 (14%) 11 (8%)

Presence of visceral metastasis
 Liver 30 (15%) 10 (14%) 20 (15%) 0.99
 Lung 24 (12%) 6 (9%) 18 (14%) 0.36

Presence of pain 82 (41%) 26 (38%) 56 (43%) 0.55

Number of prior hormonal therapies 3 (1 – 5) 2 (1 – 5) 3 (1 – 5) 0.45

Prior Abiraterone – Prednisone 46 (23%) 9 (13%) 37 (28%) 0.02

Prior Ketoconazole – Hydrocortisone 77 (38%) 26 (38%) 51 (39%) 0.88

Prior Enzalutamide 14 (7%) 2 (3%) 12 (9%) 0.15

Data reported as median (range) or percentages. P-values for categorical variables are based on Fisher’s Exact test, and for continuous variables are based on Wilcoxon-Mann Whitney test.