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. 2025 Aug 23;25:1367. doi: 10.1186/s12885-025-14759-9

Table 2.

Clinical and MRI data in training group and internal and external validation group

ATraining BInvad CExvad
PNI(-) PNI(+) p.overall PNI(-) PNI(+) p.overall PNI(-) PNI(+) p.overall
N = 146 N = 27 N = 56 N = 18 N = 118 N = 32
Agea 76.3 ± 8.41 71.6 ± 7.27 0.004 75.4 ± 6.82 74.9 ± 7.40 0.786 74.5 ± 7.20 71.7 ± 6.93 0.049
TPSAb 15.4 [9.64;35.1] 21.4 [12.5;40.4] 0.453 14.5 [9.03;41.2] 24.2 [14.3;98.8] 0.095 11.3 [6.97;20.4] 11.1 [8.38;18.6] 0.963
Morphologyc 0.670 0.026 0.283
 Round 3 (2.05%) 0 (0.00%) 1 (1.79%) 0 (0.00%) 15 (12.7%) 1 (3.12%)
 Quasi-circular 33 (22.6%) 4 (14.8%) 23 (41.1%) 2 (11.1%) 36 (30.5%) 9 (28.1%)
 Irregular 110 (75.3%) 23 (85.2%) 32 (57.1%) 16 (88.9%) 67 (56.8%) 22 (68.8%)
Locationc 0.447 0.078 0.002
 PZ 49 (33.6%) 11 (40.7%) 31 (55.4%) 7 (38.9%) 46 (39.0%) 20 (62.5%)
 TZ/CZ 38 (26.0%) 4 (14.8%) 10 (17.9%) 1 (5.56%) 57 (48.3%) 5 (15.6%)
 PZ + TZ + CZ 59 (40.4%) 12 (44.4%) 15 (26.8%) 10 (55.6%) 15 (12.7%) 7 (21.9%)
Positionc 0.617 0.266 0.091
 Left 42 (28.8%) 10 (37.0%) 12 (21.4%) 4 (22.2%) 58 (49.2%) 9 (28.1%)
 Right 37 (25.3%) 5 (18.5%) 23 (41.1%) 4 (22.2%) 40 (33.9%) 14 (43.8%)
 Bilateral 67 (45.9%) 12 (44.4%) 21 (37.5%) 10 (55.6%) 20 (16.9%) 9 (28.1%)
Numberc 0.489 0.600 0.249
 Unitary 84 (57.5%) 13 (48.1%) 37 (66.1%) 10 (55.6%) 99 (83.9%) 30 (93.8%)
 Multiple 62 (42.5%) 14 (51.9%) 19 (33.9%) 8 (44.4%) 19 (16.1%) 2 (6.25%)
SVIc 0.375 0.012 0.499
 No 123 (84.2%) 25 (92.6%) 46 (82.1%) 9 (50.0%) 108 (91.5%) 28 (87.5%)
 Yes 23 (15.8%) 2 (7.41%) 10 (17.9%) 9 (50.0%) 10 (8.47%) 4 (12.5%)
CIc 0.448 0.095 0.105
 No 61 (41.8%) 14 (51.9%) 27 (48.2%) 4 (22.2%) 83 (70.3%) 17 (53.1%)
 Yes 85 (58.2%) 13 (48.1%) 29 (51.8%) 14 (77.8%) 35 (29.7%) 15 (46.9%)
RIc 1.000 0.244 1.000
 NO 122 (83.6%) 23 (85.2%) 50 (89.3%) 14 (77.8%) 112 (94.9%) 31 (96.9%)
 YES 24 (16.4%) 4 (14.8%) 6 (10.7%) 4 (22.2%) 6 (5.08%) 1 (3.12%)
ADCb 589 [511;688] 546 [474;626] 0.103 640 [521;770] 574 [496;663] 0.139 680 [568;828] 632 [540;748] 0.197
mrTc 0.003 0.001 0.001
 T1 15 (10.3%) 1 (3.70%) 7 (12.5%) 0 (0.00%) 8 (6.78%) 1 (3.12%)
 T2 77 (52.7%) 9 (33.3%) 32 (57.1%) 5 (27.8%) 96 (81.4%) 17 (53.1%)
 T3 38 (26.0%) 6 (22.2%) 13 (23.2%) 5 (27.8%) 9 (7.63%) 6 (18.8%)
 T4 16 (11.0%) 11 (40.7%) 4 (7.14%) 8 (44.4%) 5 (4.24%) 8 (25.0%)
PI_RADSc < 0.001 0.032 0.001
 ≤3 31 (26.1%) 1 (3.85%) 11 (24.4%) 0 (0.00%) 77 (71.3%) 11 (34.4%)
 4 41 (34.5%) 3 (11.5%) 12 (26.7%) 4 (22.2%) 11 (10.2%) 8 (25.0%)
 5 47 (39.5%) 22 (84.6%) 22 (48.9%) 14 (77.8%) 20 (18.5%) 13 (40.6%)
Radscore_Habitat1 −3.74 [−5.38;−2.32] 1.26 [−0.62;1.61] < 0.001 −3.01 [−4.34;−1.78] 0.78 [−0.24;2.08] < 0.001 −3.50 [−4.93;−1.75] 0.37 [−1.29;1.63] < 0.001
Radscore_Habitat2 −4.86 [−6.46;−3.62] −0.15 [−0.96;1.22] < 0.001 −2.78 [−4.40;−1.99] 2.00 [0.68;3.06] < 0.001 −2.22 [−3.62;−0.95] 0.73 [0.14;2.40] < 0.001
Radscore_Habitat3 −3.07 [−4.24;−2.09] 0.28 [−1.17;0.88] < 0.001 −2.63 [−4.42;−1.16] 0.94 [−1.38;1.40] < 0.001 −3.23 [−4.47;−2.13] −0.29 [−1.06;1.68] < 0.001
Radscore_Whole_Tumor −3.38 [−4.56;−2.33] −0.02 [−1.02;0.83] < 0.001 −3.17 [−4.03;−1.42] 0.15 [−0.65;2.09] < 0.001 −2.48 [−4.01;−1.18] 0.79 [−0.51;2.38] < 0.001

PNI perineural invasion, Invad internal validation, Ex-vad external validation, PZ Peripheral Zone, TZ Transitional Zone, CZ Central Zone, SVI Seminal Vesicle Invasion, CI Capsule Invasion, RI Rectal Invasion, mrT MRI-detected of T staging, RD_Habitat Radscore_Habitat, RD_ Habitat WT Radscore_Habitat Whole Tumor

aTwo sample student t test

bMan-Whitney U test

cFisher’s exact test or Chi-square test. Continuous variables are presented as the median and interquartile range (IQR)