TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics of all NC‐ProCESS participants (N = 1016)
| Characteristics | N (%) or Mean (SD) |
|---|---|
| Age, y (mean and SD) | 64.60 (7.47) |
| Race a | |
| White | 747 (73.67) |
| African American | 247 (24.36) |
| Other | 20 (1.98) |
| Educational attainment | |
| ≤High School graduate | 316 (31.10) |
| Some College | 294 (28.94) |
| College graduate | 406 (39.96) |
| Marital status b | |
| Never married | 37 (3.64) |
| Married | 819 (80.61) |
| Other | 159 (15.66) |
| Annual income c | |
| <$40 000 | 351 (35.70) |
| $40 001‐$70 000 | 284 (28.89) |
| $70 001 $90 000 | 131 (13.33) |
| >$90,000 | 217 (22.08) |
| Employment status | |
| Employed | 435 (42.82) |
| Unemployed | 30 (2.95) |
| Retired | 480 (47.24) |
| Disabled, not working | 71 (6.99) |
| Health insurance status d | |
| Insured | 982 (96.94) |
| Uninsured | 31 (3.06) |
| NCCN risk categories | |
| Low risk | 493 (49.20) |
| Intermediate risk | 315 (37.43) |
| High risk | 134 (13.37) |
| Prostate cancer treatment type | |
| Active surveillance/no treatment | 280 (27.56) |
| Radiation therapy | 378 (31.00) |
| Radical prostatectomy | 421 (41.44) |
| SF‐12 mental component score (mean & SD) e | 54.29 (8.18) |
| SF‐12 physical component score (mean & SD) e | 48.71 (9.67) |
Abbreviations: MAX‐PC, memorial anxiety scale for prostate cancer; NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network; PSA, prostate cancer antigen; RP, radical prostatectomy; RT, radiation therapy; SD, standard deviation.
a
2 missing.
b
1 missing.
c
33 missing.
d
3 missing.
e
8 missing.