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. 2017 Jul 10;17:93. doi: 10.1186/s12874-017-0367-8

Table 2.

Un-weighted and IPT-weighted Kaplan-Meier and competing risk of any urinary adverse event

Control EBRT BT BT + EBRT RP RP + EBRT Cryotherapy
Subjects (n) 144,816 44,318 14,259 11,835 26,790 1557 2115
Un-weighted KMa
Event rate (n per 100 person-yr) 1.78 2.40 2.70 3.91 4.02 6.08 3.71
KM 10-yr. cumulative incidence (%) 16.1 19.7 19.8 28.4 26.6 37.8 23.4
IPT-weighted KMa
KM 10-yr. cumulative incidence (%) 17.0 17.6 20.0 27.4 27.2 36.4 19.4
HRb 1 1.114 1.428 1.969 2.442 3.194 1.56
95% CI 1.07, 1.16 1.33, 1.53 1.85, 2.10 2.34, 2.55 2.79, 3.66 1.30, 1.87
Un-weighted CR
KM 10-yr. cumulative incidence (%) 12.1 16.4 18.1 25.8 25.6 36.2 22.4
HRc 1 1.430 1.660 2.416 2.835 4.057 2.082
95% CI 1.38, 1.48 1.58, 1.74 2.31, 2.53 2.75, 2.93 3.70, 4.46 1.85, 2.35
IPT-weighted CR
KM 10-yr. cumulative incidence (%) 12.7 14.8 18.3 25.2 26.0 36.5 22.1
HRd 1 1.194 1.585 2.214 2.761 3.655 1.754
95% CI 1.15, 1.24 1.50, 1.67 2.11, 2.32 2.67, 2.86 3.28, 4.07 1.54, 1.99

Abbreviations: EBRT external beam radiotherapy, BT brachytherapy, RP radical prostatectomy, UAE urinary adverse event, KM Kaplan-Meier, CR competing risks, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval

aResults from the Jarosek et al. paper for un-weighted KM and IPT-weighted KM models

bCox proportional hazard model with inverse probability weighting

cCompeting risks analysis model

dCompeting risks analysis model with inverse probability of treatment weighting