Table 2.

Patient characteristics in the TMA.

Categorical variables	n (%)	HER3 (log) Mean (SD)	P value
Race
Black	98 (65.8)	2.74 (0.86)	0.55a
White	51 (34.2)	2.81 (0.81)
BMI
Underweight	2 (1.3)	3.07 (0.21)	0.0050b
Normal	35 (24.2)	2.90 (0.78)
Overweight	53 (35.6)	2.85 (0.90)
Obesity	58 (38.9)	2.60 (0.82)
Gleason sum
5	1 (0.7)	2.27 (0.78)	0.49b
6	12 (8.1)	2.80 (0.83)
7	116 (77.9)	2.73 (0.86)
8	7 (4.7)	2.77 (0.84)
9	13 (8.7)	3.03 (0.70)
Smoking status
Former	50 (33.6)	2.69 (0.80)	0.0048c
Current	51 (34.2)	3.00 (0.79)
Non-smoker	48 (32.2)	2.61 (0.88)

Continuous variables	Mean (SD)	Correlation w/ HER3 (log)d	P value
log HER3	2.77 (0.84)
Age	61 (6.5)	0.039	0.53
PSA	15.0 (44.0)	−0.066	0.29
log T (pg/mg)	1.93 (6.69)	0.163	0.0118
log DHT (pg/mg)	1.62 (1.31)	−0.066	0.31

^aTwo-sample t tests.

^bSpearman correlation.

^cANOVA F-tests.

^dPearson correlation coefficient.