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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 Aug 9;52(6):832–840. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.07.007

Table 1.

Characteristics of sample.

Total subjects Approach 1
FACT-F 43 cut-off
Approach 2
FACT-F 3-point change
Approach 3
PROMIS T-score >50 cut-off
N = 43 CF (n=13) NF (n=21) CF (n=10) NF (n=19) CF (n=12) NF (n=23)

Age 66.1±1.2 63.6 ±2.3 66.1±1.6 65.7±2.4 67.0±1.6 62.5±2.4 66.2±1.5
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 62.5% 76.9% 66.7% 70% 78.9% 66.7% 69.6%
African American 25% 15.4% 23.8% 20% 15.8% 25% 21.7%
Asian 5.4% 0% 9.5% 0% 5.3% 0% 9.5%
Hispanic 7.1% 9.1% 0% 11.1% 0% 20% 0%
Height (cm) 175.6±1.1 176.4 ±1.8 175.8 ±1.5 175.2 ±1.7 175.0±1.6 176.7 ±2.2 176.5 ±1.5
Weight (kg) 92.4±2.2 94.4 ±4.2 90.4±3.1 96.6±4.2 88.2±3.2 93.3±4.1 91.9±3.1
Body Mass Index 30.1±0.7 30.8±1.5 29.2±0.9 32.0±1.8 28.8±1.0 30.4±1.5 29.4±0.9
Albumin (g/dL) 4.0±0.05 4.2±0.1 4.0±0.06 4.1±0.08 4.1±0.07 4.2±0.09 4.1±0.06
Gleason Score 7.8±0.1 7.±0.2 7.7±0.2 8.0±0.3 7.5±0.2 7.9±0.2 7.6±0.2
Clinical T Stage T1c – T3b T1c – T3b T1c – T3b T1c – T3b T1c – T3a T1c – T3b T1c – T3b
Karnofsky Performance Scale 89.8±0.2 90.0±0.0 89.5±0.5 90.0±0.0 89.4±0.6 90.0±0.0 89.6±0.4
PSA at baseline 20.6±4.0 10.3±7.9 5.6±1.4 11.9±10.4 6.6±1.5 11.0±8.2 5.3±1.3
PSA one year after EBRT 0.2±0.1 0.05±0.01 0.2±0.2 0.05±0.01 0.2±0.2 0.05±0.01 0.2±0.1

FACT-F: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Fatigue; PROMIS: Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System – Fatigue; cm: centimeter; kg: kilogram; g/dL: gram per deciliter; PSA: prostate specific antigen (ng/mL); EBRT: external beam radiation therapy; CF: chronic fatigue; NF: non-fatigued. Values are mean ± standard error.