Table 3 The univariate and multivariate association of year of treatment and use of very high dose (>7020 cGy) post-operative radiation in the treatment of prostate cancer

From: Use of high and very high dose radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer in the United States

 

<7020 cGy

>7020 cGy

Univariate

Multivariate

OR (CI)

p-value*

OR (CI)

p-valuea

Year of treatment

  

1.05 (1.03–1.07)

<0.01

1.05 (1.03–1.08)

<0.01

Age, mean (range)

60.6 (25–89)

60.6 (38–85)

1.01 (1.00–1.02)

0.06

1.01 (1.00–1.02)

0.05

Pathologic stage, No (%)

  

0.86 (0.76–0.99)

0.03

0.82 (0.72–0.95)

<0.01

  T2

3266 (27.1)

348 (30.0)

    

  T3

8770 (72.9)

811 (70.0)

    

Gleason score, No (%)

  

0.93 (0.86–1.00)

<0.01

0.94 (0.86–1.00)

0.19

  ≤6

1165 (9.7)

118 (10.2)

    

  7

5793 (48.1)

561 (48.4)

    

  8–10

4021 (33.4)

414 (35.7)

    

  Missing

1057 (8.8)

66 (5.7)

    

Pre-surgical PSA, No (%)

  

0.96 (0.90–1.00)

0.01

1.00 (0.94–1.06)

0.93

  <10 ng/ml

7190 (59.7)

711 (61.3)

    

  10–20 ng/ml

2053 (17.1)

182 (15.7)

    

  >20 ng/ml

1358 (11.3)

154 (13.3)

    

  Missing

1435 (11.9)

112 (9.7)

    

Surgical margins, No (%)

  

0.95 (0.83–1.08)

0.45

0.94 (0.82–1.07)

0.41

  Positive

8054 (66.9)

763 (65.8)

    

  Negative

3982 (33.1)

396 (34.2)

    

Hormone therapy, No (%)

  

1.13 (1.01–1.26)

0.03

1.19 (1.06–1.33)

<0.01

  Yes

3498 (29.1)

380 (32.8)

    

  No

8219 (68.3)

749 (64.6)

    

  Unknown

319 (2.7)

30 (2.6)

    

Race, No (%)

  

0.96 (0.85–1.08)

0.42

0.97 (0.86–1.10)

0.50

  White

9857 (81.9)

962 (83.0)

    

  Black

1625 (13.5)

141 (12.2)

    

  Other

554 (4.6)

56 (4.8)

    

Hispanic origin, No (%)

  

1.06 (0.96–1.16)

0.49

1.07 (0.97–1.18)

0.11

  Spanish

525 (4.4)

54 (4.7)

    

  Non-Spanish

10411 (86.5)

988 (85.2)

    

  Unknown

1100 (9.1)

117 (10.1)

    

Charlson–Deyo score, No (%)

  

1.03 (0.89–1.18)

0.01

1.00 (0.87–1.15)

0.92

  0

10192 (84.7)

966 (83.3)

    

  1

1624 (13.5)

181 (15.6)

    

  2+

220 (1.8)

12 (1.0)

    

Facility type, No (%)

  

0.90 (0.82–0.99)

<0.01

0.90 (0.82–1.00)

0.05

  Community and other

1342 (11.1)

114 (9.8)

    

  Comprehensive

6807 (56.6)

730 (63.0)

    

  Academic

3887 (32.3)

315 (27.2)

    

Hospital setting, No (%)

  

0.96(0.81–1.14)

0.69

.

.

  Metro

9828 (81.6)

950 (82.0)

    

  Non-metro

1862 (15.5)

174 (15.0)

    

  Missing

346 (2.9)

35 (3.0)

    

Facility location, No (%)

  

1.03 (0.97–1.01)

0.25

  

  East

4587 (38.1)

430 (37.1)

    

  West

2339 (19.4)

240 (20.7)

    

  Central north

3702 (30.8)

349 (30.1)

    

  Central south

1408 (11.7)

140 (12.1)

    

Insurance status, No (%)

  

0.99(0.95–1.04)

0.46

0.97 (0.92–1.03)

0.34

  No insurance

220 (1.8)

20 (1.7)

    

  Private

7699 (64)

733 (63.2)

    

  Medicaid

310 (2.6)

28 (2.4)

    

  Medicare

3405 (28.3)

350 (30.2)

    

  Other

223 (1.9)

15 (1.3)

    

  Unknown

179 (1.5)

13 (1.1)

    

Median income, No (%)

  

0.94 (0.88–0.99)

0.05

0.93 (0.88–0.99)

0.03

  <38,000

1690 (14.2)

173 (15.1)

    

  38,000–47,999

2542 (21.4)

279 (24.4)

    

  48,000–62,999

3364 (28.3)

307 (26.9)

    

  >63,000

4281 (36)

383 (33.5)

    
  1. PSA prostate specific antigen
  2. aChi square test for categorical and t test for continuous variables