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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2015 Sep 3;195(2):321–329. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.08.092

Table 2.

Additional characteristics by surgery type and cohort

RALP RRP (total) RRP (PCOS) RRP (CEASAR) p Value*
Test 1* Test 2
No. pts 933 1,505 1,243 262
Clinicopathological characteristics
No. pathological staging (%):
 pT2 735 (78.8) 1,015 (67.4) 810 (65.2) 205 (78.2) <0.001 <0.001
 pT3 (not otherwise specified) 4 (0.4) 105 (7.0) 100 (8.0) 5 (1.9)
 pT3a 114 (12.2) 202 (13.4) 179 (14.4) 23 (8.8)
 pT3b 32 (3.4) 108 (7.2) 92 (7.4) 16 (6.1)
 pT4 0 (0.0) 42 (2.8) 42 (3.4) 0 (0.0)
 Other 3 (0.3) 9 (0.6) 6 (0.5) 3 (1.1)
 Missing 45 (4.8) 24 (1.6) 14 (1.1) 10 (3.8)
Median ng/ml PSA (IQR) 5.0 (4.1–6.7) 6.6 (4.8–9.9) 6.9 (5.0–10.5) 5.2 (4.2–7.6) <0.001§ <0.001§
 No. PSA missing (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
No. Gleason score (%): <0.001 <0.001
 6 or Less 294 (31.5) 762 (50.6) 664 (53.4) 98 (37.4)
 7 557 (59.7) 462 (30.7) 333 (26.8) 129 (49.2)
 8–10 59 (6.3) 126 (8.4) 96 (7.7) 30 (11.5)
 Missing 23 (2.5) 155 (10.3) 150 (12.1) 5 (1.9)
No. neg margins (%): 710 (76.1) 936 (62.2) 756 (60.8) 180 (68.7) <0.001 <0.001
 Missing 28 (3.0) 100 (6.6) 92 (7.4) 8 (3.1)
No. nerve sparing (%): 728 (78.0) 702 (46.6) 517 (41.6) 185 (70.6) <0.001 <0.001
 Missing 145 (15.5) 302 (20.1) 242 (19.5) 60 (22.9)
No. comorbidities (%): <0.001 0.001
 0 355 (38.0) 794 (52.8) 717 (57.7) 77 (29.4)
 1 362 (38.8) 452 (30.0) 344 (27.7) 108 (41.2)
 2 114 (12.2) 163 (10.8) 131 (10.5) 32 (12.2)
 3 or Greater 26 (2.8) 60 (4.0) 51 (4.1) 9 (3.4)
 Missing 76 (8.1) 36 (2.4) 0 (0.0) 36 (13.7)
Baseline pt reported outcomes
No. self-reported overall health (%): <0.001 <0.001
 Poor 6 (0.6) 21 (1.4) 17 (1.4) 4 (1.5)
 Fair 35 (3.8) 108 (7.2) 90 (7.2) 18 (6.9)
 Good 221 (23.7) 438 (29.1) 351 (28.2) 87 (33.2)
 Very good 429 (46.0) 592 (39.3) 485 (39.0) 107 (40.8)
 Excellent 240 (25.7) 342 (22.7) 296 (23.8) 46 (17.6)
 Missing 2 (0.2) 4 (0.3) 4 (0.3) 0 (0.0)
Median urinary function summary score (IQR) 100.0 (85.0–100.0) 100 (100.0–100.0) 100.0 (100.0–100.0) 100.0 (88.8–100.0) <0.001§ <0.001§
Median sexual function summary score (IQR) 86.7 (58.3–100.0) 88.9 (66.7–100.0) 93.3 (73.3–100.0) 79.2 (51.7–93.3) <0.001§ <0.001§
*

Comparisons are among RALP, RRP (PCOS) and RRP (CEASAR).

Comparisons are between RALP (total) and RRP (total).

Pearson chi-square test.

§

Kruskal-Wallis test.