Table 2.

Presenting Clinical Profiles of Patients and their Chosen Decision Partners Facing Difficult Decisions related to Prostate Cancer (N = 70 participants)

Characteristics	Early Stage Advanced Prostate Cancer (n = 32 participants)		Later Stage Advanced Prostate Cancer (n = 38 participants)
	Patients (n = 16)	Decision Partners (n = 16)	Patients (n = 19)	Decision Partners (n = 19)
Age	74 (median)	64 (median)	72 (median)	60 (median)
Gender	100% men	13% men	100% men	89% women
Married	87%	100%	79%	79%
Race
Caucasian	63%	63%	84%	84%
African American	31%	31%	16%	16%
Latino	0	0	0	0
Asian	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0	0
(prefer not to answer)	6%	6%	0	0
School Years Completed	16 (median) 6–20 (range)	16 (median) 8–21 (range)	16 (median) 0–22 (range)	16 (median) 12–23 (range)
Income
(<$40,000)	25%	25%	47%	37%