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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2016 Dec 27;123(9):1528–1535. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30505

Table 2.

Univariable and Multivariable Predictors of SRE Among Patients With mCRPC

Variables Univariable Results Model Selectiona
HR 95% CI P HR 95% CI P
Age at metastases, y 0.99 0.97–1.01 0.318
Year of metastases 0.91 0.85–0.97 0.005 0.93 0.87–0.99 0.028
Race 0.069
 Non-black Referent
 Black 0.65 0.41–1.03
Treatment center 0.508
 Center 1 Referent
 Center 2 0.87 0.57–1.33
Biopsy Gleason score 0.233 Referent
 2–6 Referent -
 7 0.89 0.43–1.86 1.74 1.02–2.96 0.041
 8–10 1.58 0.79–3.17 1.54 0.90–2.62 0.112
 Unknown/No Biopsy 1.19 0.59–2.41
Primary localized treatment 0.064
 None Referent Referent
 Radical Prostatectomy ± Radiation 1.38 0.75–2.53 -
 Radiation Alone 1.82 1.09–3.03 2.33 1.50–3.62 <0.001
Number of bone metastases 0.107
 1 Referent Referent
 2 0.42 0.17–1.06
 3–9 0.88 0.51–1.52
 ≥10 1.26 0.70–2.27 1.60 1.00–2.57 0.052
PSA at metastases (ng/mL) 1.13 0.98–1.30 0.102
PSADT at metastases (months)
 <9 Referent
 ≥9 0.50 0.29–0.86 0.011
 Missing 0.96 0.57–1.61 0.880
Months from ADT to CRPC 1.00 0.99–1.01 0.948
Months from CRPC to metastases 0.99 0.98–1.00 0.078
Bone pain
 No Referent Referent
 Yes 3.34 2.04–5.48 <0.001 3.64 2.30–5.75 <0.001
 Unknown 0.84 0.39–1.83 0.667 -

Abbreviations: 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; ADT, androgen deprivation therapy; HR, hazard ratio; mCRPC, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; PSADT: prostate-specific antigen doubling time; RT, radiotherapy; SRE: skeletal-related event

a

Forward selection with α=0.2