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. 2021 Mar 9;5(3):pkab023. doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkab023

Table 1.

Demographic, clinical, and pathological characteristics of patient sample stratified by diabetes and obesity status

Participant characteristics Diabetic
Obese
Yes (n = 955) No (n = 3733) P Yes (n = 1560) No (n = 3128) P
Median age (Q1, Q3), y 63 (59, 66) 62 (57, 66) <.001a 62 (57.0, 65.0) 62 (58.0, 66.0) <.001a
Race, No. (%) <.001b .21b
 White 499 (52.3) 2211 (59) 874 (56) 1836 (59)
 Black 418 (43.8) 1404 (38) 633 (41) 1189 (38)
 Other 38 (4.0) 118 (3) 53 (3) 103 (3)
Obese, No. (%) <.001b
 Yes (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) 487 (51.0) 1073 (29)
 No (BMI < 30 kg/m2) 468 (49.0) 2660 (71)
BMI, median (Q1, Q3), kg/m2 30.2 (27.4, 33.2) 27.6 (24.9, 30.6) <.001a 33.0 (31.3, 35.4) 26.3 (24.1, 28.1) <.001a
Diabetic at time of surgery, No. (%) 487 (31) 468 (15) <.001b
Duration of diabetes, median (Q1, Q3), yc 4 (1, 8) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 4 (1, 8) 4 (1, 8) .72a
Year of surgery, median (Q1, Q3) 2009 (2004, 2013) 2008 (2002, 2012) <.001a 2009 (2004, 2014) 2007 (2002, 2012) <.001a
Surgery center, No. (%) <.001b <.001b
 West LA, CA 159 (16.7) 835 (22) 260 (17) 734 (23)
 Palo Alto, CA 81 (8.5) 447 (12) 168 (11) 360 (12)
 Augusta, GA 227 (23.8) 749 (20) 361 (23) 615 (20)
 Durham, NC 217 (22.7) 731 (20) 353 (23) 595 (19)
 San Diego, CA 161 (16.9) 592 (16) 263 (17) 490 (16)
 Asheville, NC 110 (11.5) 379 (10) 155 (10) 334 (11)
PSA, median (Q1, Q3), ng/mL 6.0 (4.6, 9.2) 6.6 (4.8, 9.9) <.001a 6.1 (4.7, 9.0) 6.6 (4.8, 10.1) <.001a
Clinical stage, No. (%) .67b <.001b
 T1 593 (62.0) 2290 (61) 1017 (65) 1866 (60)
 T2 and T3 362 (38.0) 1443 (39) 543 (35) 1262 (40)
Preoperative grade group, No. (%) <.001b .003b
 1 347 (36.3) 1654 (44) 608 (39) 1393 (45)
 2 293 (30.7) 1057 (28) 482 (31) 868 (28)
 3 136 (14.2) 492 (13) 220 (14) 408 (13)
 4 122(12.8) 379 (10) 167 (11) 334 (11)
 5 57 (6.0) 151 (4) 83 (5) 125 (4)
Postoperative grade group, No. (%) <.001b .01b
 1 215 (22.5) 1067 (29) 378 (24) 904 (29)
 2 379 (39.7) 1496 (40) 664 (43) 1211 (39)
 3 199 (20.8) 673 (18) 297 (19) 575 (18)
 4 86 (9.0) 268 (7) 116 (7) 238 (8)
 5 76 (8.0) 229 (6) 105 (7) 200 (6)
D’Amico risk group, No. (%) .002b .17b
 Low 258 (27.0) 1224 (33) 476 (31) 1006 (32)
 Intermediate 434 (45.4) 1609 (43) 710 (46) 1333 (43)
 High 263 (27.5) 900 (23) 374 (24) 789 (25)
Seminal vesicle invasion, No. (%) 115 (12.0) 372 (10) .06b 171 (11) 316 (10) .36b
Extracapsular extension, No. (%) 212 (22.2) 742 (20) .11b 312 (20) 642 (21) .67b
Positive surgical margins, No. (%) 393 (41.2) 1490 (40) .49b 656 (42) 1227 (39) .06b
Lymph node involvement, No. (%) .27b .13b
 Yes 23 (2.4) 102 (3) 45 (3) 80 (3)
 No 568 (59.5) 2310 (62) 926 (59) 1952 (62)
 Not done 364 (38.1) 1321 (35) 589 (38) 1096 (35)
Follow-up time, median (Q1, Q3), mod 84.4 (43.9, 136.7) 94.5 (54.6, 147.9) <.001a 86.4 (48.5, 140.9) 95.4 (53.9, 148.0) <.001a
a

Two-sided Wilcoxon rank sum test. BMI = body mass index; PSA = prostate-specific antigen; Q1 = 25th percentile; Q3 = 75th percentile; — = value not derived.

b

Two-sided χ2 test.

c

Only among patients who were diabetic at the time of surgery.

d

Only among surviving men.