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Table 1 Clinical and treatment parameters of the study population stratified by treatment cohort.

From: cExternal beam radiation results in minimal changes in post void residual urine volumes during the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer

Continuous Variables

Prostate only (n = 66)

Pelvis (n = 59)

 

All Patients (n = 125)

  

Mean ± SD

Median

Mean ± SD

Median

p*

Mean ± SD

Median

Age at treatment (years)

 

73.9 ± 7.8

75.5

73.9 ± 8.3

76.3

0.971

73.9 ± 8.0

75.8

Pre-treatment IPSS

 

10.9 ± 7.0

10.0

11.8 ± 8.3

11.5

0.526

11.3 ± 7.6

10.0

Pre-treatment PSA (ng/mL)

 

7.7 ± 5.3

6.5

29.6 ± 68.4

10.3

0.011

18.0 ± 48.0

7.3

Gleason Score

 

6.5 ± 0.7

6.

7.8 ± 1.2

8.0

< 0.001

7.1 ± 1.2

7.0

% positive biopsies

 

29.0 ± 23.7

18.5

62.3 ± 32.8

62.5

< 0.001

44.2 ± 32.6

33.3

Prostate volume (cm3)

 

54.8 ± 33.8

47.3

51.6 ± 33.2

42.0

0.597

53.3 ± 33.5

46.5

Post void residual (cc)

 

57.3 ± 67.0

30.0

58.0 ± 88.0

27.0

0.961

57.6 ± 77.3

28.0

BMI

 

27.8 ± 3.9

27.4

29.2 ± 5.0

28.5

0.950

28.4 ± 4.4

28.2

Categorical Variables

Count (%)

 

Count (%)

 

p ∀

Count (%)

 

Stage (median)

T1b-T2b

65 (98.5)

 

46 (78.0)

 

< 0.001

111 (88.8)

 
 

≥ T2c

1 (1.5)

 

13 (22.0)

  

14 (11.2)

 

ADT

none

55 (83.3)

 

19 (32.2)

 

< 0.001

74 (59.2)

 
 

≤ 6 months

7 (10.6)

 

2 (3.4)

  

9 (7.2)

 
 

> 6 months

4 (6.1)

 

38 (64.4)

  

42 (33.6)

 

Diabetes

 

11 (16.9)

 

14 (23.7)

 

0.236

25 (20.0)

 

Hypertension

 

43 (65.2)

 

39 (66.1)

 

0.531

82 (65.6)

 

Alpha blocker

 

53 (80.3)

 

43 (72.9)

 

0.221

96 (76.8)

 

Perineural invasion

 

13 (19.7)

 

28 (47.5)

 

0.001

41 (32.8)

 
  1. * p values calculated by one-way ANOVA
  2. ∀ p values determined by 2-sided Fisher's Exact Test