Table 4.

Adjusted Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) outcomes for Sexual Minority Prostate Cancer Survivors by Racial and Ethnic Group (N=189).

	Men of color	White, non-Hispanic men	Adjusted Mean difference [95% CI]a
EPIC-50 b (Mean predicted value [95% CI])
Urinary summary	75.7 [68.1, 83.3]	77.4 [74.7, 80.2]	-1.7 [-9.9, 6.4]
Function	78.2 [70.1, 86.4]	81.7 [78.7, 84.6]	-3.4 [-12.1, 5.3]
Bother	73.9 [65.2, 82.5]	74.4 [71.2, 77.5]	-0.5 [-9.8, 8.8]
Sexual summary	40.6 [31.6, 49.5]	45.8 [42.6, 49.1]	-5.2 [-14.8, 4.3]
Function	35.3 [26.0, 44.6]	41.3 [37.9, 44.7]	-6.0 [-16.0, 4.0]
Bother	51.9 [41.7, 62.2]	55.5 [51.7, 59.2]	-3.5 [-14.5, 7.5]
Bowel summary	85.8 [80.2, 91.3]	86.8 [84.8, 88.9]	-1.1 [-7.0, 4.9]
Function	86.3 [81.2, 91.4]	89.3 [87.5, 91.2]	-3.0 [-8.5, 2.5]
Bother	85.2 [78.3, 92.1]	84.3 [81.8, 86.9]	0.8 [-6.6, 8.3]
Hormonal summary	74.4 [67.1, 81.7]	81.7 [79.0, 84.3]	-7.3 [-15.1, 0.6]
Function	71.3 [63.6, 79.0]	80.3 [77.5, 83.1]	-9.0 [-17.3, -0.8]*
Bother	77.0 [69.6, 84.5]	82.7 [80.0, 85.4]	-5.7 [-13.7, 2.3]
SF-12 c (Mean predicted value, 95% CI)
Physical function	51.7 [48.2, 55.2]	52.5 [51.3, 53.8]	-0.8 [-4.6, 3.0]
Mental function	47.5 [42.7, 52.2]	45.9 [44.1, 47.6]	1.6 [-3.5, 6.7]

^aAdjusted for: age and HIV-status.

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

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

*p < 0.05.