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Published in final edited form as: Urol Oncol. 2021 Jun 19;40(2):56.e1–56.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2021.04.035

Table 2.

Association between pelvic radiation and disease-specific-related patient-reported functional outcomes.

Time N Pelvic Radiation, median (quartiles) No Pelvic Radiation, median (quartiles) Combined, median (quartiles) Crude P-valuea Multivariable adjusted modelb
Pelvic Radiation vs. No Pelvic Radiation
Effect estimate (95% CI) P-value
EPIC-26 urinary incontinence domain score
Baseline 560 93 (73, 100) 100 (79, 100) 100 (79, 100) 0.04 n/a
6 month 570 92 (67, 100) 100 (77, 100) 100 (73, 100) 0.08 0.55 (−3.83 to 4.93) 0.81
1 year 522 92 (71, 100) 100 (79, 100) 100 (75, 100) 0.28 1.78 (−1.85 to 5.42) 0.34
3 year 458 100 (75, 100) 94 (75, 100) 94 (75, 100) 0.95 4.12 (−0.32 to 8.57) 0.07
5 year 402 100 (73, 100) 100 (75, 100) 100 (73, 100) 0.99 3.78 (−1.80 to 9.36) 0.18
EPIC-26 urinary irritative domain score
Baseline 560 88 (69, 94) 88 (75, 94) 88 (75, 94) 0.83 n/a
6 month 564 88 (75, 94) 88 (75, 94) 88 (75, 94) 0.32 0.59 (−2.70 to 3.87) 0.73
1 year 540 88 (81, 98) 88 (77, 94) 88 (80, 94) 0.82 1.74 (−0.86 to 4.34) 0.19
3 year 458 88 (81, 100) 88 (81, 100) 88 (81, 100) 0.26 3.20 (0.01 to 6.39) 0.05
5 year 403 94 (81, 100) 88 (81, 100) 88 (81, 100) 0.99 1.41 (−2.50 to 5.32) 0.48
EPIC-26 bowel function score
Baseline 572 100 (88, 100) 100 (92, 100) 100 (92, 100) 0.24 n/a
6 month 570 100 (79, 100) 96 (83, 100) 96 (83, 100) 0.68 0.94 (−2.60 to 4.49) 0.60
1 year 549 96 (83, 100) 96 (83, 100) 96 (83, 100) 0.78 2.02 (−0.75 to 4.79) 0.15
3 year 469 96 (84, 100) 96 (83, 100) 96 (83, 100) 0.54 3.07 (−0.38 to 6.52) 0.081
5 year 409 96 (83, 100) 96 (88, 100) 96 (88, 100) 0.65 0.76 (−3.38 to 4.90) 0.72
EPIC-26 sexual function score
Baseline 548 48 (12, 80) 58 (22, 80) 58 (18, 80) 0.09 n/a
6 month 535 5 (0, 38) 35 (0, 68) 27 (0, 67) <0.001 −1.78 (−7.60 to 4.03) 0.55
1 year 529 7 (0, 58) 38 (10, 65) 33 (7, 65) <0.001 −1.71 (−7.59 to 4.16) 0.57
3 year 448 8 (0, 57) 38 (10, 70) 33 (7, 70) <0.001 −0.23 (−7.63 to 7.16) 0.95
5 year 384 16 (0, 52) 32 (7, 66) 28 (5, 65) 0.01 2.50 (−5.84 to 10.83) 0.56
EPIC-26 hormonal domain score
Baseline 553 90 (75, 100) 90 (80, 100) 90 (80, 100) 0.06 n/a
6 month 555 80 (65, 90) 90 (75, 100) 85 (75, 100) <0.001 −0.36 (−4.03 to 3.32) 0.85
1 year 534 85 (70, 95) 90 (75, 100) 90 (75, 100) 0.06 1.41 (−1.82 to 4.65) 0.39
3 year 455 90 (75, 95) 95 (80, 100) 94 (80, 100) 0.12 4.74 (1.22 to 8.27) 0.01
5 year 398 90 (80, 95) 95 (80, 100) 95 (80, 100) 0.16 4.18 (0.40 to 7.97) 0.03
a

Crude P-values are calculated by Wilcoxon test.

b

All regression models are adjusted for baseline domain score, time since treatment, biopsy Gleason score, PSA at diagnosis (corrected) and propensity scores.