Table-IV.
Referral result and PSA compliance by demographic characteristics.
| PARAMETERS | Referral result | |||||
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| Referral to urologist - Yes | No | Benign prostatic hypertrophy | Prostate cancer | |||
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| Patient’s PSA value (ng/mL) | % | % | % | |||
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| X±s.s.s | p- Value | |||||
| Marital status | Married | 1±1 | 0.01* | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Single | 5±30 | 29.2% | 69.4% | 1.4% | ||
| Widowed or separated from spouse | 4±8 | 29.6% | 66.7% | 3.7% | ||
| Education level | High school and below | 2±2 | 0.01* | 45.5% | 54.5% | 0.0% |
| High school | 8±4.2 | 21.1% | 74.7% | 4.2% | ||
| University | 2±4 | 37.7% | 62.3% | 0.0% | ||
| Smoking | Never used | 5.0±3.1 | 0.58 | 30.3% | 68.7% | 1.0% |
| Left | 4.02±7.2 | 37.3% | 58.8% | 3.9% | ||
| Alcohol | Never used | 5.2±2.8 | 0.01* | 30.9% | 67.5% | 1.6% |
| Social drinker | 1.52±0.23 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | ||
| Family history of prostate disease | No | 4.2±2.8 | 0.04 | 32.1% | 66.7% | 1.2% |
| Yes | 10.52±1.2 | 16.7% | 66.7% | 16.7% | ||
| Genetic disease diagnosis | No | 5±3 | 0.23 | 32.6% | 65.6% | 1.8% |
| Yes | 3±5 | 25.0% | 75.0% | 0.0% | ||
| Cancer diagnosis | No | 5.12±2.9 | 0.30 | 34.2% | 65.4% | 0.4% |
| Yes | 4.2±7.4 | 0.0% | 83.3% | 16.7% | ||
| Number of comorbidities | No | 2.3±1.6 | 0.03* | 68.8% | 31.3% | 0.0% |
| 1 | 2.5±2.2 | 29.2% | 69.2% | 1.5% | ||
| 2 | 8.1±5.3 | 36.2% | 63.8% | 0.0% | ||
| 3 | 7.2±6.1 | 20.0% | 76.9% | 3.1% | ||
| 4 | 7.3±9.2 | 5.6% | 88.9% | 5.6% | ||
| 5 | 8.4±0.5 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | ||
| 6 | 13.2±3.5 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | ||
| Result of referral to a urologist | No | 1.25±1.3 | 0.01* | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Benign prostatic hypertrophy | 6.5±3.4 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | ||
| Prostate cancer | 6.0±7.1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | ||
**Analysis of variance
*
Significant difference at the 0.05 level.