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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and anamnestic data of the participants of the Pros-IT CNR study at the time they were diagnosed with prostate cancer

From: Disease-specific and general health-related quality of life in newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients: the Pros-IT CNR study

 

n = 1705

Socio-demographic characteristics at diagnosis

 Age at diagnosis, years

  mean ± SD

68.9 ± 7.4

  min, max

43, 86

 Education, n (%)

  University degree

103 (12.0)

  High school diploma

596 (35.6)

  Lower secondary school diploma

393 (23.5)

  Elementary license or less

485 (28.9)

 Marital status, n (%)

  Married or cohabiting

1442 (84.9)

  Widowed

98 (5.8)

  Separated, divorced or single

159 (9.4)

 Living arrangements, n (%)

  With spouse and/or children

1535 (90.3)

  Alone

165 (9.7)

 Work condition, n (%)

  Retired

1263 (74.7)

  Still working

398 (23.6)

  Unemployed

29 (1.7)

Anamnestic data at diagnosis

 BMI, n (%)

  Under/normal weight (< 25 kg/m2)

568 (34.2)

  Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2)

832 (50.1)

  Obesity (≥30 kg/m2)

260 (15.7)

 Smoking status, n (%)

  Current smoker

230 (13.8)

  Former smoker

688 (41.3)

  Never smoker

747 (44.9)

 Family history of prostate cancer, n (%)

286 (17.0)

 Family history of breast cancer, n (%)

80 (5.8)

 Family history of ovarian cancer, n (%)

25 (2.1)

 Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

263 (15.5)

 Patients reporting moderate, severe or extremely severe impairment for individual CIRS items, n (%)

  Cardiac

322 (19.0)

  Hypertension

17 (1.0)

  Vascular, haematological

464 (27.3)

  Respiratory

61 (3.6)

  Eye, ear, nose and throat

146 (8.6)

  Upper gastrointestinal

236 (13.9)

  Lower gastrointestinal

88 (5.2)

  Hepatic

110 (6.5)

  Renal

86 (5.1)

  Other genitourinary

51 (3.0)

  Musculoskeletal, integumentary

82 (3.0)

  Neurological, excluding dementia

174 (10.4)

  Endocrine, metabolic

83 (4.9)

  Psychiatric, behavioural

31 (1.8)

  1. SD Standard Deviation, CIRS Cumulative Illness Rating Scale