Table 5.
Demographic data comparison after PSM
| N = 3,190 | Brachytherapy alone (n = 1,595) | % | Enucleation alone (n = 1,595) | % | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (≥ 60 years) | 892 | 56 | 871 | 55 | 0.455 |
| Sex (male) | 897 | 56 | 910 | 57 | 0.642 |
| Dx after 2010 | 691 | 43 | 645 | 40 | 0.099 |
| Academic center | 1,046 | 66 | 1,076 | 68 | 0.260 |
| White race | 1,503 | 94 | 1,503 | 94 | 1.000 |
| Uninsured | 89 | 6 | 113 | 7 | 0.081 |
| Private | 746 | 57 | 709 | 45 | 0.188 |
| Government | 710 | 45 | 716 | 45 | 0.831 |
| High school dropout > 21% | 211 | 13 | 235 | 15 | 0.220 |
| Median income < $38,000 | 266 | 17 | 283 | 18 | 0.425 |
| Population < 250,000 | 581 | 36 | 592 | 37 | 0.686 |
| Distance to treatment > 60 mi | 706 | 44 | 691 | 43 | 0.592 |
| Charlson/Deyo score ≥ 1 | 222 | 14 | 221 | 14 | 0.959 |
| Extraocular extension | 156 | 10 | 237 | 15 | < 0.001* |
| Choroid | 1,372 | 86 | 1,352 | 85 | 0.316 |
| Ciliary | 223 | 14 | 243 | 15 | 0.316 |
| COMS small | 355 | 22 | 331 | 21 | 0.301 |
| COMS medium | 628 | 39 | 612 | 38 | 0.561 |
| COMS large | 612 | 38 | 652 | 41 | 0.148 |
| CD score 0 | 1,373 | 86 | 1,374 | 86 | |
| 1 | 173 | 11 | 187 | 12 | |
| 2 | 39 | 2 | 23 | 1 | |
| 3 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 |