Table 1 Baseline characteristics by treatment: unadjusted n and adjusted percentages with propensity scores, and median [IQR] follow-up.

From: Mortality and biochemical recurrence after surgery, brachytherapy, or external radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: a 10-year follow-up cohort study

 

All

Radical prostatectomy

Brachytherapy

External radiotherapy

Adjusted p-valuea

Participants

704

192

317

195

 

Unadjusted n (adjusted %)

Age

    

0.484

 ≤ 65 years

265 (33.0%)

114 (32.8%)

113 (33.8%)

38 (31.7%)

 

66 – 70 years

222 (40.2%)

61 (47.6%)

100 (37.4%)

61 (37.6%)

 

 ≥ 71 years

216 (26.8%)

16 (19.6%)

104 (28.8%)

96 (30.8%)

 

Missing

1 (0.1%)

1 (0.5%)

0

0

 

PSA

    

0.590

 < 10

603 (98.0%)

155 (92.4%)

294 (89.6%)

154 (92.4%)

 

[10, 20]

100 (1.9%)

36 (7.6%)

23 (10.4%)

41 (7.6%)

 

Missing

1 (0.1%)

1 (0.5%)

0

0

 

Gleason score

    

0.038

 ≤ 6

563 (93.7%)

114 (92.6%)

308 (96.3%)

141 (90.0%)

 

7

139 (6.3%)

76 (7.4%)

9 (3.7%)

54 (10.0%)

 

Missing

2 (0.3%)

2 (1.0%)

0

0

 

Clinical T Stage

    

0.439

 ≤ T2a

651 (97.6%)

175 (98.6%)

307 (96.8%)

169 (97.9%)

 

T2b

47 (2.4%)

13 (1.4%)

9 (3.2%)

25 (2.1%)

 

Missing

6 (0.9%)

4 (2.1%)

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.5%)

 

Risk group

    

0.756

Low

482 (86.5%)

91 (88.3%)

283 (85.0%)

108 (87.1%)

 

Intermediate

222 (13.5%)

101 (11.7%)

34 (15.0%)

87 (12.9%)

 

Neoadjuvant hormonal treatment

    

0.764

No

521 (81.4%)

175 (78.6%)

212 (82.7%)

134 (82.0%)

 

Yes

183 (18.6%)

17 (21.4%)

105 (17.5%)

61 (18.4%)

 

Adjusted median [IQR] follow-up, years

Vital status

 

10.0 [10.0, 10.0]

10.0 [10.0, 10.0]

10.0 [10.0, 10.0]

 

Biochemical recurrence

 

10.0 [9.0, 10.0]

9.9 [9.1, 10.0]

10.0 [8.6, 10.0]

 
  1. ap-value was obtained with likelihood ratio test. Follow-up was calculated in years.
  2. IQR interquartile range, PSA prostate-specific antigen.