Table 1.

Participant characteristics and mean prostate cancer knowledge as a function of participant characteristics (N=1,529)

Characteristic	N	% or mean (SD)	Mean knowledge (SD/95% CI)
Education
≤High school	444	29.04	10.45 (3.37)
Some college	207	13.54	11.20 (3.47)**
College degree	408	26.68	12.27 (2.99)***
Graduate degree	470	30.74	12.66 (2.83)***
Marital status
Not married/cohabitating	245	16.02	11.05 (3.63)
Married/cohabitating	1284	83.98	11.84 (3.16)***
Income
<25,000	86	6.57	9.14 (4.01)
25,000–49,999	147	11.23	10.55 (3.08)**
50,000–74,999	196	14.97	11.68 (3.08)***
75,000–99,999	185	14.13	11.94 (2.87)***
≥100,000	695	53.09	12.46 (2.93)***
Race
Non-Hispanic White	1248	81.62	11.95 (3.18)
Non-Hispanic Black	157	10.27	10.43 (3.28)***
Hispanic	102	6.67	10.71 (3.57)***
Other	22	1.44	12.36 (3.16)
Employment status
Full time	782	51.14	12.22 (3.03)
Part time	112	7.33	11.63 (2.99)
Unemployed	39	2.55	11.56 (2.94)
Retired	596	38.98	11.08 (3.49)***
Age at diagnosis	1529	63.14 (7.90)	b = −0.09*** (−0.11, −0.07)
Perceived social status	1529	6.78 (1.67)	b = 0.23*** (0.13, 0.33)
Treatment received	1319
Active surveillance	294	22.29	11.80 (3.60)**
Radiation	353	26.76	11.00 (3.29)
Surgery	672	50.95	12.31 (2.86)***
QOL
Urinary	1340	83.92 (14.56)	b = 0.02*** (0.01, 0.03)
Sexual	1318	39.98 (27.00)	b = 0.01 (−0.00, 0.02)
Bowel	1342	93.33 (9.17)	b = 0.06*** (0.04, 0.07)

Notes: Percentages for a given variable will not sum to 100% if cases were missing data for the variable. Referent groups for comparisons of knowledge as a function of participant characteristic were ≤ high school, not married, income <25,000, non-Hispanic White, being employed full time, receiving radiation;

^*p<.05,

^**p<.01,

^***p<.001.