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. 2023 Feb 12;12(8):9351–9362. doi: 10.1002/cam4.5692

TABLE 3.

Effects of baseline characteristics on treatment result (success vs failure; n = 136).

6‐month p 18‐month p
Success (n = 103) Failure (n = 33) Success (n = 46) Failure (n = 25)
Age
50–65 44 (43%) 10 (30%) 0.41 21 (46%) 12 (48%) 0.96
66–75 41 (40%) 17 (52%) 20 (43%) 10 (40%)
>75 18 (17%) 6 (18%) 54 (11%) 3 (12%)
MCCL, mm, median (IQR) 7 (5, 9) 8 (5, 10) 0.07 7 (5,10) 7 (4,8) 0.36
PSA, ng/mL
Median (IQR) 6.8 (4.9, 9.2) 7.2 (4.9, 13.0) 0.40 6.8 (4.1, 9.6) 6.6 (5.2, 8.9) 0.61
<4 11 (11%) 2 (6%) 0.08 10 (22%) 1 (4%) 0.07
4–10 71 (69%) 18 (55%) 25 (54%) 20 (80%)
>10 21(20%) 13 (39%) 11 (24$) 4 (16%)
Prostate volume, cc,
Median (IQR) 35.8 (27.7, 47.9) 33 (24, 43) 0.11 49.5 (34, 58.8) 36 (31.8, 48) 0.03
≤40 44 (43%) 21 (64%) 0.11 18 (39%) 15 (60%) 0.04
41–55 32 (31%) 7 (21%) 12 (26%) 8 (32%)
≤40 27 (26%) 5 (15%) 16 (35%) 2 (8%)
PSA density, ng/mL/cc
Median (IQR) 0.15 (0.12, 0.22) 0.16 (0.11, 0.39) 0.29 0.15 (0.08, 0.20) 0.19 (0.14, 0.27) 0.03
≤0.15 51 (50%) 15 (45%) 0.65 23 (50%) 10 (40%) 0.42
>0.15 51 (50%) 18 (55%) 23 (50%) 15 (60%)
% Free PSA, median (IQR) a 17 (13, 23) 13 (10, 17) 0.001 13.5 (10, 18) 14 (11, 17) 0.86
PIRADS grade
1–3 21 (21%) 2 (6%) 0.03 b 14 (31%) 5 (21%) 0.27 b
4 48 (48%) 13 (39%) 19 (42%) 13 (54%)
5 32 (32%) 18 (55%) 12 (27%) 6 (25%)
ROI location
Anterior 66 (64%) 22 (67%) 0.79 19 (41%) 4 (16%) 0.03
Posterior 37 (36%) 11 (33%) 27 (59%) 21 (84%)
Laterality
Left 61 (59%) 19 (58%) 0.87 27 (59%) 14 (56%) 0.83
Right 42 (41%) 14 (42%) 19 (41%) 11 (44%)

Note: R0I diameter, which was the only significant baseline predictor of biopsy result in multivariate analysis, is treated in eTable 1.

a

6‐month Success n = 93 vs Failure n = 31, 18‐month Success n = 38 vs Failure n = 22.

b

Wilcoxon rank sum test.