Long-Term (10-Year) Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Toxicity after Treatment with External Beam Radiotherapy, Radical Prostatectomy, or Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer

Table 1

Patient Characteristics.

Characteristic	RP (𝑛=195)	RT (𝑛=172)	PI (𝑛=116)	𝑃 value
Median age (yrs), (range)	62, (42–75)	68, (48–84)	69, (47–78)	<0.0001
Median follow-up time (yrs), (range)	8.6, (1.7–11.2)	8.9, (0.13–11.4)	8.1, (0.16–11.5)	0.08
Median body mass index (m/kg^2), (range)	26.92, (19–39)	27.57, (18–42)	27.2, (20–42)	0.07
Ever smoked (%)	65.1	52.9	63.8	0.10
Diabetic (%)	6.7	15.1	10.3	0.02
Peripheral vascular disease (%)	1.5	3.5	7.8	0.02
Connective tissue disease (%)	0.5	0	0	0.48
Mean charlson score (range)	0.3, (0–3)	0.5, (0–7)	0.8, (0–7)	<0.0001
Androgen deprivation (%)	16.9	63.4	30.2	<0.0001
Risk category (%)				<0.0001
Low	50.8	30.8	75
Intermediate	25.1	29.7	25
High	24.1	39.5	0