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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics

From: Secondary consent to biospecimen use in a prostate cancer biorepository

 

N

n

(%)

Outcomes

 Does patient agree to allow study team to analyze other factors?

1931

  

  Yes

 

1918

(99.33)

  No

 

13

(0.67)

 Consent for future use

1931

  

  Yes always

 

197

(10.2)

  Yes conditional

 

1703

(88.19)

  Never

 

31

(1.61)

Predictors

 Age at diagnosis

1859

  

Mean (SD)

 

61.03

(7.41)

 Race

1931

  

  White

 

1682

(87.11)

  Black

 

237

(12.27)

  Other

 

12

(0.62)

 Family history of prostate cancer

1733

  

  Yes

 

615

(35.49)

  No

 

1118

(64.51)

 Marital status

1322

  

  Married

 

1133

(85.70)

  Separated/divorced/widowed

 

155

(11.72)

  Never married

 

34

(2.57)

 Employment status

1312

  

  Employed

 

712

(54.27)

  Retired

 

530

(40.40)

  Unemployed

 

47

(3.58)

  Other

 

23

(1.75)

 Smoking status

1889

  

  Never smoked

 

918

(48.60)

  Former smoker

 

753

(39.86)

  Current smoker

 

218

(11.54)

 Clinical stage

1881

  

  T1c

 

1512

(80.38)

  T2a/T2b/T2c

 

369

(19.62)

 Gleason score

1888

  

  2–6

 

1147

(60.75)

  7

 

587

(31.09)

  8+

 

154

(8.16)