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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Dec 28;97(4):722–731. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.12.034

Table 3.

Multivariable Model of Association Between Quality of Life Outcomes (minimum clinically important difference) and Clinical Variables

OR 95% CI
IPSS Overall
 Fractionation (HIMRT vs CIMRT) 0.97 0.57 1.65
 Year 1 0.82 0.53 1.25
 Year 2 0.89 0.57 1.38
 Year 3 0.85 0.53 1.37
 Year 4 1.12 0.69 1.82
 Year 5 1.09 0.64 1.87
 Year 6 0.57 0.24 1.36
 Year 7 0.79 0.35 1.79
 Age (Continuous) 0.94 0.91 0.98
 LN Radiation (Yes vs No) 1.12 0.48 2.58
 ADT Use (No vs Yes) 1.21 0.56 2.63
IPSS Quality of Life
 Fractionation (HIMRT vs CIMRT) 0.77 0.43 1.38
 Year 1 1.05 0.70 1.57
 Year 2 1.23 0.81 1.86
 Year 3 1.02 0.65 1.60
 Year 4 1.27 0.80 2.01
 Year 5 1.48 0.88 2.48
 Year 6 1.38 0.57 3.37
 Year 7 0.87 0.35 2.14
 Age (Continuous) 0.99 0.96 1.03
 LN Radiation (Yes vs No) 1.36 0.52 3.54
 ADT Use (No vs Yes) 1.55 0.65 3.74
EPIC Urinary Incontinence
 Fractionation (HIMRT vs CIMRT) 1.88 0.95 3.72
 Year 1 1.14 0.55 2.38
 Year 2 1.22 0.56 2.68
 Year 3 0.87 0.39 1.94
 Year 4 1.08 0.49 2.38
 Year 5 0.71 0.30 1.69
 Age (Continuous) 0.97 0.92 1.01
 LN Radiation (Yes vs No) 1.57 0.54 4.59
 ADT Use (No vs Yes) 0.89 0.33 2.36
EPIC Urinary Irritative/Obstructive
 Fractionation (HIMRT vs CIMRT) 0.45 0.12 1.69
 Year 1 1.02 0.32 3.30
 Year 2 0.73 0.22 2.40
 Year 3 0.73 0.22 2.47
 Year 4 1.14 0.34 3.88
 Year 5 1.20 0.33 4.32
 Age (Continuous) 0.99 0.92 1.07
 LN Radiation (Yes vs No) 1.59 0.21 11.90
 ADT Use (No vs Yes) 0.19 0.03 1.37
EPIC Sexual
 Fractionation (HIMRT vs CIMRT) 3.31 0.61 17.82
 Year 1 0.19 0.05 0.76
 Year 2 0.80 0.23 2.76
 Year 3 0.62 0.17 2.30
 Year 4 0.60 0.17 2.16
 Year 5 0.92 0.24 3.56
 Age (Continuous) 0.10 0.01 0.73
 LN Radiation (Yes vs No) 50.48 4.01 634.76
 ADT Use (No vs Yes) 0.93 0.83 1.04
EPIC Hormonal
 Fractionation (HIMRT vs CIMRT) 1.08 0.51 2.29
 Year 1 1.76 0.75 4.12
 Year 2 3.28 1.37 7.86
 Year 3 3.27 1.31 8.15
 Year 4 3.28 1.32 8.13
 Year 5 4.36 1.71 11.12
 Age (Continuous) 0.44 0.17 1.16
 LN Radiation (Yes vs No) 2.70 0.99 7.38
 ADT Use (No vs Yes) 0.97 0.93 1.02
EPIC Bowel
 Fractionation (HIMRT vs CIMRT) 0.78 0.25 2.41
 Year 1 0.41 0.15 1.10
 Year 2 0.52 0.19 1.44
 Year 3 1.83 0.71 4.77
 Year 4 1.29 0.48 3.45
 Year 5 1.19 0.42 3.38
 Age (Continuous) 0.99 0.92 1.07
 LN Radiation (Yes vs No) 0.56 0.09 3.33
 ADT Use (No vs Yes) 2.47 0.47 12.91
EQ5D VAS
 Fractionation (HIMRT vs CIMRT) 0.78 0.14 4.46
 Year 1 5.61 1.80 17.54
 Year 2 2.79 0.85 9.20
 Year 3 2.18 0.65 7.38
 Year 4 1.81 0.54 6.06
 Year 5 3.19 0.91 11.21
 Age (Continuous) 0.98 0.88 1.10
 LN Radiation (Yes vs No) 1.92 0.12 32.06
 ADT Use (No vs Yes) 0.63 0.05 8.35
EQ5D Index
 Fractionation (HIMRT vs CIMRT) 0.44 0.13 1.54
 Year 1 1.51 0.50 4.56
 Year 2 3.61 1.18 11.07
 Year 3 1.50 0.47 4.78
 Year 4 3.06 0.94 9.92
 Year 5 0.91 0.26 3.24
 Age (Continuous) 0.91 0.84 0.98
 LN Radiation (Yes vs No) 1.44 0.22 9.48
 ADT Use (No vs Yes) 3.07 0.52 18.24