Research Article

Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Cardiovascular Risk in Chinese Patients with Nonmetastatic Carcinoma of Prostate

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of patients with and without primary composite endpoint.

No primary endpoint ( )With primary endpoint ( ) value

Age, years 0.29
Hypertension, (%)244 (35.6)32 (53.5)<0.01*
Hypercholesterolemia, (%)75 (10.9)4 (6.7)0.39
Cigarette smoker, (%)257 (37.5)27 (45.0)0.25
Lung disease, (%)24 (3.5)2 (3.3)1.00
Carcinoma of prostate
 PSA at diagnosis, ng/mL 0.07
 Gleason score0.20
  2–5, (%)34 (5.0)6 (10.0)
  6–8, (%)444 (64.8)37 (61.7)
  9-10, (%)133 (19.4)8 (13.3)
  Not specified, (%)74 (10.8)9 (15.0)
Treatment
 Local treatment, (%)452 (66.0)34 (56.7)0.15
 ADT, (%)466 (68.0)51 (85.0)<0.01*
  Surgical ADT only, (%)113 (16.5)15 (25.0)
  Medical ADT only, (%)224 (32.7)28 (46.7)
  Medical and Surgical ADT, (%)129 (18.8)8 (13.3)

(comparison between patients with and without ADT.
ADT: androgen deprivation therapy; PSA: prostate specific antigen.