Table 1.

 Patients’ characteristics

	Range	Median
Age at the first biopsy (years old)	51 to 82	69
PSA value at the first biopsy (ng/mL)	1.70 to 43.12	8.80
PSA value at the repeat biopsy (ng/mL)	1.90 to 52.68	10.00
Time from the first to the repeat biopsy (months)	4 to 84	21.6
PSA velocity (ng/mL/year)	−3.77 to 37.50	1.6

PSA, prostate‐specific antigen.