Table 1. Cohort characteristics.
| Total, N=2194 | NH White, N=1763 | NH Black, N=356a | P | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Treatment | ||||
| Definitive | 1838 (83.8) | 1486 (84.3) | 289 (81.2) | .147 |
| Surgery | 1153 (55.2) | 973 (55.9) | 180 (51.9) | .170 |
| Radiation | 654 (36.5) | 531 (35.5) | 123 (41.6) | .046 |
| Education | <.001 | |||
| ≤HS grad | 639 (32.5) | 463 (28.4) | 176 (52.5) | |
| Some college | 423 (21.5) | 337 (20.7) | 86 (25.7) | |
| College grad | 327 (16.6) | 293 (18.0) | 34 (10.2) | |
| >College | 577 (29.4) | 538 (33.0) | 39 (11.6) | |
| Employment | <.001 | |||
| Unemployed/other | 226 (11.5) | 134 (8.2) | 92 (27.7) | |
| Employed | 839 (42.7) | 740 (45.4) | 99 (29.8) | |
| Retired | 898 (45.8) | 757 (46.4) | 141 (42.5) | |
| Income | <.001 | |||
| <35k | 376 (20.9) | 218 (14.7) | 158 (51.1) | |
| 35-50k | 200 (11.1) | 157 (10.6) | 43 (13.9) | |
| 50-75k | 304 (16.9) | 266 (17.9) | 38 (12.3) | |
| >75k | 917 (51.0) | 847 (56.9) | 70 (22.7) | |
| NSES | <.001 | |||
| <25% | 502 (24.6) | 245 (14.5) | 257 (74.1) | |
| 25-50% | 494 (24.2) | 448 (26.5) | 46 (13.3) | |
| 50-75% | 534 (26.2) | 507 (30.0) | 26 (7.5) | |
| >75% | 510 (25.0) | 492 (29.1) | 18 (5.2) | |
| PSA | .013 | |||
| >10 | 1600 (82.2) | 1347 (83.1) | 253 (77.9) | |
| 10-20 | 228 (11.7) | 187 (11.5) | 41 (12.6) | |
| >20 | 119 (6.1) | 88 (5.4) | 31 (9.5) | |
| Gleason | .164 | |||
| <6 | 842 (41.0) | 717 (42.0) | 125 (36.4) | |
| 7 | 843 (41.1) | 690 (40.4) | 153 (44.6) | |
| >7 | 367 (17.9) | 302 (17.7) | 65 (19.0) | |
| Clinical stage | .242 | |||
| I | 1522 (72.9) | 1254 (72.2) | 268 (76.6) | |
| II | 515 (24.7) | 440 (25.3) | 75 (21.4) | |
| III | 50 (2.4) | 43 (2.5) | 7 (2.0) | |
| Marital status | <.001 | |||
| No | 399 (19.1) | 262 (15.0) | 137 (39.3) | |
| Yes | 1696 (81.0) | 1484 (85.0) | 212 (60.7) | |
| 10-year mortality risk | <.001 | |||
| Low | 589 (29.5) | 501 (30.0) | 88 (27.2) | |
| Intermediate | 691 (34.7) | 604 (36.2) | 87 (26.9) | |
| High | 501 (25.1) | 409 (24.5) | 92 (28.5) | |
| Very high | 212 (10.6) | 156 (9.3) | 56 (17.3) |
a. 75 men with missing race/ethnicity data.