Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of patients with prostate cancer stratified by the previous use or non-use of ADT (n=10 893)
| Characteristic | Patients not receiving ADT (n=3631) | Patients receiving ADT (n=7262) | P value | ||
| Total no | Column % | Total no | Column % | ||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 74.26 (8.81) | 74.46 (8.81) | 0.284 | ||
| Urbanisation level | 0.792 | ||||
| 1 (most urbanised) | 943 | 25.97 | 1816 | 25.01 | |
| 2 | 871 | 23.99 | 1734 | 23.88 | |
| 3 | 492 | 13.55 | 1024 | 14.10 | |
| 4 | 492 | 13.55 | 1011 | 13.92 | |
| 5 (least urbanised) | 833 | 22.94 | 1677 | 23.09 | |
| Geographic region | 0.454 | ||||
| Northern | 1876 | 51.67 | 3676 | 50.62 | |
| Central | 850 | 23.41 | 1688 | 23.24 | |
| Southern | 860 | 23.68 | 1789 | 24.64 | |
| Eastern | 45 | 1.24 | 109 | 1.50 | |
| Monthly income | 0.385 | ||||
| NT$0–15 840 | 2426 | 66.81 | 4826 | 66.46 | |
| NT$15 841–25 000 | 932 | 25.67 | 1931 | 26.59 | |
| ≥NT$25 001 | 273 | 7.52 | 505 | 6.95 | |
| Hypertension | 2047 | 56.38 | 4099 | 56.44 | 0.946 |
| Hyperlipidaemia | 718 | 19.77 | 1308 | 18.01 | 0.026 |
| Diabetes | 792 | 21.81 | 1511 | 20.81 | 0.226 |
| Coronary heart disease | 838 | 23.08 | 1679 | 23.12 | 0.962 |
| Inflammatory bowel disease | 29 | 0.80 | 65 | 0.90 | 0.608 |
| Gastrointestinal bleeding | 122 | 3.36 | 265 | 3.65 | 0.442 |
| Previous cancers | 348 | 9.58 | 533 | 7.34 | <0.001 |
The average exchange rate in 2015 was US$1.00 ≈ NT$30.
ADT, androgen deprivation therapy; NT, New Taiwan.