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. 2025 Aug 25;25:346. doi: 10.1186/s12880-025-01884-x

Table 4.

Characteristics of DWI category 3 lesions in peripheral zone

Characteristics Overall PSA level PSA ≤ 10 ng/ml PSA > 10 ng/ml
csPCa (n = 53) non-csPCa (n = 32) P value csPCa (n = 19) non-csPCa (n = 20) P value csPCa (n = 34) non-csPCa (n = 12) P value
DCE, n (%) 0.657a 0.062b 0.083a
 - 20 (64.5%) 11 (35.5%) 7 (77.8%) 2 (22.2%) 13 (59.1%) 9 (40.9%)
 + 33 (61.1%) 21 (38.9%) 12 (40.0%) 18 (60.0%) 21 (87.5%) 3 (12.5%)
T2WI-score, n (%) 0.424a 0.501b 0.964c
 < 4 36 (65.5%) 19 (34.5%) 14 (53.8%) 12 (46.2%) 22 (75.9%) 7 (24.1%)
 ≥ 4 17 (56.7%) 13 (43.3%) 5 (38.5%) 8 (61.5%) 12 (70.6%) 5 (29.4%)
LV, n (%) < 0.001a 0.031b 0.028c
 < 0.5 22 (45.8%) 26 (54.2%) 11 (37.9%) 18 (62.1%) 11 (57.9%) 8 (42.1%)
 ≥ 0.5 31 (83.8%) 6 (16.2%) 8 (80.0%) 2 (20.0%) 23 (85.2%) 4 (14.8%)

PSA prostate-specific antigen, csPCa clinically significant prostate cancer, T2WI T2-Weighted Imaging, DCE dynamic contrast-enhanced, LV lesion volume

a Chi-square test, b Fisher exact test, c Yates’ correction test