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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of men with PCa in the study region, metropolitan Melbourne and the rest of Victoria

From: Diagnostic and treatment factors associated with poor survival from prostate cancer are differentially distributed between regional and metropolitan Victoria, Australia

 

Study region, n (%)

Metropolitan, n (%)

Rest of Victoria, n (%)

p

Included into the study

373 (5.2 %)

2,565 (35.6 %)

4,266 (59.2 %)

0.000

Age groups

   

0.000

 < 55

24 (6.4 %)

293 (11.4 %)

549 (12.9 %)

 

 56–65

117 (31.4 %)

896 (34.9 %)

1,551 (36.4 %)

 

 65–75

145 (38.9 %)

909 (35.4 %)

1,632 (38.3 %)

 

 > 76

87 (23.3 %)

467 (18.2 %)

534 (12.5 %)

 

 Age (mean, SD)

68.6 (8.9)

66.7 (9.3)

65.5 (8.8)

0.000

SEIFA

   

0.000

 Lowest 10 % (0–10 %)

70 (18.9 %)

93 (3.6 %)

217 (5.1 %)

 

 Lowest 11–20 %

57 (15.4 %)

68 (2.7 %)

197 (4.6 %)

 

 Lowest 21–30 %

9 (2.4 %)

77 (3.0 %)

232 (5.5 %)

 

 Lowest 31–40 %

64 (17.3 %)

127 (5.0 %)

392 (9.2 %)

 

 Lowest 41–50 %

113 (29.9 %)

160 (6.2 %)

293 (6.9 %)

 

 Highest 51–60 %

32 (8.6 %)

119 (4.6 %)

291 (6.8 %)

 

 Highest 61–70 %

18 (4.9 %)

208 (8.1 %)

496 (11.7 %)

 

 Highest 71–80 %

8 (2.2 %)

325 (12.7 %)

546 (12.8 %)

 

 Highest 81–90 %

1 (0.3 %)

747 (29.0 %)

907 (21.2 %)

 

 Highest 10 % (91–100 %)

1 (0.3 %)

641 (25.0 %)

695 (16.2 %)

 

Type of hospital

   

0.000

 Private

47 (12.6 %)

1,390 (54.2 %)

2,822 (66.2 %)

 

 Public

326 (87.4 %)

1,175 (45.8 %)

1,444 (33.8 %)

 

Method of diagnosis

   

0.000

 TRUS

285 (76.4 %)

2,081 (81.1 %)

3,919 (91.9 %)

 

 TURP

77 (20.7 %)

416 (16.2 %)

291 (6.8 %)

 

 Other

11 (2.9 %)

68 (2.7 %)

56 (1.3 %)

 

PSA (ng/mL)

   

0.000

 < 4

45 (12.1 %)

427 (16.6 %)

688 (16.1 %)

 

 4.01–10

176 (47.2 %)

1,337 (52.1 %)

2,408 (56.4 %)

 

 10.01–20

74 (19.8 %)

395 (15.4 %)

679 (15.9 %)

 

 > 20.01

72 (19.3 %)

301 (11.7 %)

426 (10.0 %)

 

 Unknown

6 (1.6 %)

105 (4.1 %)

65 (1.5 %)

 

Gleason score

   

0.000

 < 7

155 (41.6 %)

851 (33.2 %)

1,641 (38.5 %)

 

 7 (3 + 4)

69 (18.6 %)

736 (28.7 %)

1,306 (30.6 %)

 

 7 (4 + 3)

41 (10.9 %)

394 (15.4 %)

535 (12.6 %)

 

 ≥ 8

103 (27.6 %)

577 (22.5 %)

782 (18.3 %)

 

 Unknown

5 (1.3 %)

7 (0.3 %)

2 (0.0 %)

 

NCCN risk group

   

0.000

 Low

73 (19.6 %)

478 (18.6 %)

911 (21.4 %)

 

 Intermediate

113 (30.3 %)

1,064 (41.5 %)

1,887 (44.2 %)

 

 High

97 (26.0 %)

616 (24.0 %)

867 (20.3 %)

 

 Very high/Metastatic

44 (11.8 %)

133 (5.2 %)

245 (5.7 %)

 

 Unknown

46 (12.3 %)

274 (10.7 %)

356 (8.3 %)