Table 3.

Unadjusted Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) outcomes for Sexual Minority Prostate Cancer Survivors by Racial and Ethnic Group (N=190).

	Men of color	White, non-Hispanic men	Mean difference [95% CI]
EPIC-50 a (Mean predicted value [95% CI])
Urinary summary	74.3 [66.8, 81.8]	77.7 [74.9, 80.5]	-3.4 [-11.4, 4.7]
Function	76.8 [68.9, 84.8]	82.0 [79.0, 84.9]	-5.1 [-13.6, 3.3]
Bother	72.5 [63.9, 81.1]	74.6 [71.4, 77.8]	-2.1 [-11.3, 7.1]
Sexual summary	40.8 [31.8, 49.7]	45.8 [42.5, 49.2]	-5.1 [-14.6, 4.5]
Function	36.3 [26.9, 45.7]	41.2 [37.7, 44.7]	-4.9 [-14.9, 5.1]
Bother	50.5 [40.4, 60.7]	55.7 [51.9, 59.4]	-5.1 [-15.9, 5.7]
Bowel summary	84.6 [79.2, 90.1]	87.0 [85.0, 89.0]	-2.4 [-8.2, 3.4]
Function	84.9 [79.9, 89.9]	89.5 [87.6, 91.3]	-4.5 [-9.9, 0.8]
Bother	84.3 [77.6, 91.1]	84.5 [82.0, 87.0]	-0.2 [-7.4, 7.0]
Hormonal summary	73.8 [66.7, 80.9]	81.8 [79.2, 84.5]	-8.0 [-15.6, -0.4]*
Function	70.9 [63.4, 78.4]	80.5 [77.7, 83.2]	-9.6 [-17.6, -1.6]*
Bother	76.3 [69.0, 83.5]	82.9 [80.2, 85.6]	-6.7 [-14.4, 1.1]
SF-12 b (Mean predicted value, 95% CI)
Physical function	52.3 [48.6, 55.9]	52.5 [51.2, 53.9]	-0.3 [-4.1, 3.6]
Mental function	45.9 [41.2, 50.6]	46.1 [44.3, 47.8]	-0.2 [-5.2, 4.9]

^*p<0.05.

^aEPIC-50=Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (scores ranging from 0-100, higher scores indicate better function/less bother).

^bSF-12=Short-form health survey (normed with mean 50, with higher scores indicating better HRQOL).