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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the study sample (N = 133)

From: Patient preferences for treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer in Japan: a discrete-choice experiment

 

Total

(N = 133)

Age (Mean ± SD)

75.36 ± 7.39

Four-year university (%)

49 (36.84 %)

Married (%)

110 (82.71 %)

Region

 Kanto (%)

111 (83.46 %)

 Chubu (%)

1 (0.75 %)

 Chugoku (%)

1 (0.75 %)

 Kyushu (%)

20 (15.04 %)

Employed (%)

43 (32.33 %)

Household income

 Less than ¥2,500,000 (%)

34 (25.56 %)

 ¥2,500,000 to ¥4,999,999 (%)

57 (42.86 %)

 ¥5,000,000 to ¥7,499,999 (%)

19 (14.29 %)

 ¥7,500,000 or more (%)

15 (11.28 %)

 Decline to answer (%)

8 (6.02 %)

Medical insurance

 National Health Insurance (%)

51 (38.35 %)

 Late Stage Elderly Insurance (%)

66 (49.62 %)

 Other (Company/Social Insurance) (%)

14 (10.53 %)

 None of the above (all treatment costs paid by patient) (%)

2 (1.50 %)

Body mass index (BMI) category

 Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) (%)

6 (4.51 %)

 Acceptable risk (≥18.5 kg/m2 to <23 kg/m2) (%)

43 (32.33 %)

 Increased risk (≥23 kg/m2 to <27.5 kg/m2) (%)

68 (51.13 %)

 High risk (≥27.5 kg/m2) (%)

16 (12.03 %)

Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) (Mean ± SD)

5.16 ± 3.19