TABLE 3.
χ2 Analysis and ORs of acute toxicities for men who were or were not taking MHSs and were treated for prostate cancer with the use of definitive IMRT1
Toxicity | MHS nonusers with events, n (%) | MHS users with events, n (%) | Chi-square P | OR (95% CI) | P |
Genitourinary | |||||
Grades 2–4 | 683 (34) | 67 (31) | 0.33 | 0.94 (0.69, 1.29) | 0.71 |
Grades 3–4 | 116 (6) | 11 (5) | 0.76 | 0.96 (0.50, 1.83) | 0.90 |
Gastrointestinal | |||||
Grades 2–4 | 122 (6) | 14 (6) | 0.88 | 1.12 (0.63, 2.00) | 0.70 |
Grades 3–4 | 13 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.63 | MNR2 | — |
IMRT, intensity-modulated radiation therapy; MHS, men’s health supplement; MNR, model not run.
Because there were too few events.