Skip to main content
. 2024 Nov 15;15:271. doi: 10.1186/s13244-024-01845-y

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Data Number of missing values
With pathology (n = 5620) Without pathology (n = 6521) p-value With pathology Without pathology
Age (years)a 66.2 ± 8.0 65.3 ± 8.7 < 0.001
PSA (ng/mL)b 6.8 (5.1, 9.8) 5.8 (4.1, 8.4) < 0.001 560 (9.9%) 732 (11.2%)
Previous prostate biopsy Naive 2147 (37.9%) 1960 (30.1%) < 0.001
Benign 1272 (22.4%) 2356 (36.1%)
Unknown 2251 (39.7%) 2205 (33.8%)
Family history of prostate cancer (+) 1723 (30.4%) 1667 (25.6%) < 0.001
Family history of breast cancer (+) 578 (10.2%) 701 (10.7%) 0.33
Focal nodule on digital rectal exam (+) 546 (9.6%) 431 (6.6%) < 0.001
Race Caucasian 5208 (91.9%) 5911 (90.6%) < 0.001
African American 225 (4.0%) 229 (3.5%)
Asian 93 (1.6%) 144 (2.2%)
Others or unknown 144 (2.5%) 237 (3.6%)
Facility I 3027 (53.4%) 3479 (53.4%) 0.68
II 1190 (21.0%) 1405 (21.5%)
III 1453 (25.6%) 1637 (25.1%)
PI-RADS 1–2 1041 (18.4%) 5720 (87.7%) < 0.001
3 933 (16.5%) 415 (6.4%)
4 2052 (36.2%) 231 (3.5%)
5 1644 (29.0%) 155 (2.4%)
Prostate volume (mL)b 46.8 (34.0, 66.6) 59.3 (41.0, 87.0) < 0.001
PSAD (ng/mL²)b 0.14 (0.10, 0.22) 0.09 (0.06, 0.13) < 0.001

Empty cells in the "Number of missing values" column represent no missing values. Unless otherwise specified, other data are the number of examinations, with percentages in parentheses. Proportions were compared using the chi-squared test

PI-RADS Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System, PSA prostate-specific antigen, PSAD prostate-specific antigen density

a Data are the means, with the standard deviation in parentheses. The means were compared using the unpaired t-test

b Data are the medians, with 1st and 3rd quartiles in parentheses. The medians were compared using the Wilcoxon rank sum test