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Table 5 Health-related QoL scores by ADT duration in the study cohort

From: Quality of life effects of androgen deprivation therapy in a prostate cancer cohort in New Zealand: can we minimize effects using a stratification based on the aldo-keto reductase family 1, member C3 rs12529 gene polymorphism?

  

Before adjustment

After adjustment

QoL score tested

ADT Duration

Estimate (95 % CI)

p

Estimate (95 % CI)

p

Global health status

Long Term

−8 · 32 (−35 · 24 - 18 · 60)

0 · 5134

−2 · 92 (−69 · 57 - 63 · 73)

0 · 9090

 

Short Term

8 · 34 (−18 · 58 - 35 · 27)

0 · 5123

−1 · 71 (−68 · 84 - 65 · 41)

0 · 9469

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Functional scales

     

Physical functioning

Long Term

17 · 77 (−6 · 49 - 42 · 02)

0 · 1364

24 · 77 (−53 · 63 - 103 · 16)

0 · 4299

 

Short Term

15 · 57 (−8 · 69 - 39 · 82)

0 · 1873

7 · 43 (−71 · 52 - 86 · 38)

0 · 8068

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Role functioning

Long Term

20 · 36 (−15 · 89 - 56 · 6)

0 · 2446

28 · 56 (−74 · 75 - 131 · 88)

0 · 4855

 

Short Term

42 · 59 (6 · 34 - 78 · 83)

0 · 0250

46 · 35 (−57 · 7 - 150 · 40)

0 · 2838

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Emotional functioning

Long Term

−7 · 81 (−26 · 65 - 11 · 03)

0 · 3841

−10 · 65 (−63 · 78 - 42 · 48)

0 · 6074

 

Short Term

15 · 56 (−3 · 28 - 34 · 39)

0 · 0972

15 · 05 (−38 · 46 - 68 · 56)

0 · 4784

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Cognitive functioning

Long Term

−27 · 76 (−42 · 84 - -12 · 67)

0 · 0017

−36 · 5 (−78 · 55 - 5 · 56)

0 · 0736

 

Short Term

16 · 68 (1 · 59 - 31 · 77)

0 · 0330

13 · 39 (−28 · 97 - 55 · 74)

0 · 4298

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Social functioning

Long Term

−0 · 02 (−22 · 83 - 22 · 78)

0 · 9983

−17 · 9 (−75 · 89 - 40 · 10)

0 · 4399

 

Short Term

22 · 21 (−0 · 59 - 45 · 02)

0 · 0553

13 · 99 (−44 · 42 - 72 · 40)

0 · 5423

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 
 

Significance after Bonferroni correction for multiple testing was considered as p < 0·01

Cancer Symptoms scales

     

Fatigue

Long Term

0 · 34 (−39 · 62 - 40 · 31)

0 · 9853

−12 · 7 (−107 · 37 - 81 · 98)

0 · 7285

 

Short Term

−18 · 52 (−58 · 49 - 21 · 44)

0 · 3325

7 · 21 (−88 · 14 - 102 · 56)

0 · 8440

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Nausea and vomiting

Long Term

5 · 57 (−0 · 15 - 11 · 28)

0 · 0554

4 · 63 (−8 · 94 - 18 · 20)

0 · 3972

 

Short Term

0 · 0 (−5 · 72 - 5 · 72)

1 · 0000

0 · 8 (−12 · 87 - 14 · 47)

0 · 8788

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Pain

Long Term

−14 · 43 (−36 · 64 - 7 · 78)

0 · 1822

6 · 04 (−51 · 14 - 63 · 22)

0 · 7839

 

Short Term

−16 · 67 (−38 · 88 - 5 · 54)

0 · 1280

−14 · 31 (−71 · 9 - 43 · 27)

0 · 5281

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Insomnia

Long Term

18 · 50 (−5 · 23 - 42 · 23)

0 · 1152

39 · 7 (1 · 95 - 77 · 44)

0 · 0432

 

Short Term

−3 · 70 (−27 · 43 - 20 · 03)

0 · 7400

17 · 39 (−20 · 62 - 55 · 40)

0 · 2729

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Constipation

Long Term

−0 · 01 (−33 · 53 - 33 · 51)

0 · 9994

−18 · 91 (−109 · 24 - 71 · 42)

0 · 5923

 

Short Term

5 · 54 (−33 · 77 - 44 · 84)

0 · 7622

−19 · 71 (−110 · 68 - 71 · 27)

0 · 5800

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Diarrhoea

Long Term

−18 · 52 (−53 · 4 - 16 · 36)

0 · 2698

8 · 58 (−25 · 92 - 43 · 09)

0 · 5277

 

Short Term

−18 · 52 (−53 · 4 - 16 · 36)

0 · 2698

−4 · 34 (−39 · 09 - 30 · 41)

0 · 7462

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Financial difficulties

Long Term

−14 · 81 (−43 · 53 - 13 · 91)

0 · 2832

−13 · 26 (−99 · 81 - 73 · 29)

0 · 6925

 

Short Term

−14 · 81 (−43 · 53 - 13 · 91)

0 · 2832

−19 · 08 (−106 · 24 - 68 · 08)

0 · 5762

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 
 

Significance after Bonferroni correction for multiple testing was considered as p < 0·007

Prostate cancer- specific symptoms scales

    

Urinary symptoms

Long Term

−1 · 49 (−27 · 72 - 24 · 74)

0 · 9036

16 · 33 (−9 · 94 - 42 · 59)

0 · 1595

 

Short Term

−14 · 82 (−41 · 05 - 11 · 41)

0 · 2419

14 · 75 (−11 · 7 - 41 · 2)

0 · 1965

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Bowel symptoms

Long Term

−10 · 74 (−27 · 3 - 5 · 81)

0 · 1827

8 · 82 (−22 · 07 - 39 · 71)

0 · 4721

 

Short Term

−5 · 18 (−21 · 73 - 11 · 38)

0 · 5085

−4 · 33 (−35 · 44 - 26 · 78)

0 · 7188

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Hormonal treatment- related symptoms

Long Term

24 · 81 (14 · 64 - 34 · 98)

0 · 0002

36 · 12 (18 · 59 - 53 · 65)

0 · 0046

Short Term

3 · 71 (−6 · 46 - 13 · 88)

0 · 4420

−2 · 42 (−20 · 08 - 15 · 24)

0 · 7230

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Sexual interest

Long Term

−6 · 29 (−43 · 63 - 31 · 05)

0 · 7200

10 · 64 (−71 · 4 - 92 · 68)

0 · 7370

 

Short Term

−39 · 66 (−76 · 99 - -2 · 32)

0 · 0392

−10 · 9 (−93 · 52 - 71 · 73)

0 · 7328

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 
 

Significance after Bonferroni correction for multiple testing was considered as p < 0·0125

Depression anxiety and stress symptoms scales

    

Depression

Long Term

7 · 56 (4 · 51 - 10 · 60)

0 · 0002

7 · 34 (2 · 01 - 12 · 67)

0 · 0187

 

Short Term

−0 · 78 (−3 · 83 - 2 · 27)

0 · 5886

−0 · 96 (−6 · 33 - 4 · 41)

0 · 6448

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Anxiety

Long Term

2 · 22 (−0 · 44 - 4 · 88)

0 · 0937

5 · 33 (0 · 24 - 10 · 43)

0 · 0437

 

Short Term

−0 · 78 (−3 · 44 - 1 · 88)

0 · 5359

−1 · 64 (−6 · 77 - 3 · 48)

0 · 4234

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 

Stress

Long Term

3 · 56 (−2 · 47 - 9 · 58)

0 · 2225

5 · 90 (−9 · 44 - 21 · 24)

0 · 3459

 

Short Term

−3 · 44 (−9 · 47 - 2 · 58)

0 · 2364

−1 · 41 (−16 · 86 - 14 · 04)

0 · 8123

 

No ADT

0 · 0

 

0 · 0

 
 

Significance after Bonferroni correction for multiple testing was considered as p < 0·017

  1. Results are provided before and after adjustment for Gleason score, alcohol consumption and age at diagnosis. There was not enough response data to analyse dyspnoea and appetite loss when the data were stratified between ADT duration. Therefore, these two sub-scales were excluded from analysis between the QoL scores and ADT duration
  2. P values showing significance after corrections for multiple testing is given in bold text