Research Article

Obesity and the Odds of Weight Gain following Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Table 1

Distribution and comparison of clinical factors at randomization of the study cohort stratified by randomized treatment arm.

Clinical factorTreatment with RT  
Treatment with RT and AST  
value

Median BMI (IQR)27.44 kg/m2
(25.58, 30.23)
27.35 kg/m2
(24.68, 30.99)
0.73
Median PSA (IQR)11.54 ng/mL 
(7.70, 16.40)
10.85 ng/mL 
(7.50, 15.51)
0.38
Median Age (IQR)73.36
(70.82, 76.15)
72.12
(69.07, 74.71)
0.11
T137 (44%)46 (53%)0.19
T2 48 (56%)40 (47%)
Gleason score 6 or less26 (31%)25 (29%)0.92
745 (53%)49 (57%)
8 to 1014 (16%)12 (14%)
No or minimal cm65 (76%)65 (76%)0.89
Moderate to severe cm20 (24%)21 (24%)

RT indicates radiotherapy; ADT: androgen deprivation therapy; BMI: body mass index; IQR: interquartile range; PSA: prostate-specific antigen; cm: comorbidity.