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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2007 Jan 1;109(1):41–47. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22341

TABLE 3.

Multivariate Analyses for the Entire Cohort (n = 1000): nPSA12 as a Continuous Covariate

RR (95% CI) P
Biochemical failure (n = 260)*
Increasing iPSA 1.016 (1.011-1.020) <.0001
Gleason score ≥7 1.938 (1.475-2.546) <.0001
Increasing RT dose 0.921 (0.887-0.957) <.0001
T3 2.122 (1.413-3.187) .0003
Increasing nPSA12 1.018 (1.005-1.031) .0056
Distant metastasis (n = 50)*
Gleason score ≥7 3.114 (1.718-5.646) .0002
Increasing RT dose 0.894 (0.815-0.980) .0169
T3 6.027 (3.115-11.662) <.0001
Increasing nPSA12 1.037 (1.025-1.049) <.0001
Cause-specific mortality (n = 17)*
T3 4.532 (1.451-14.156) .0093
Increasing nPSA12 1.049 (1.033-1.065) <.0001
Overall mortality (n = 126)*
Gleason score ≥7 1.596 (1.069-2.383) .0223
Increasing RT dose 0.912 (0.861-0.967) .0018
Increasing nPSA12 1.025 (1.014-1.037) <.0001
Age 1.060 (1.031-1.091) <.0001

RR indicates relative risk; iPSA, initial PSA; RT dose, radiotherapy dose in Gray; nPSA12, nadir PSA within 12 months of follow-up; Gleason Score.

*

Number of events for each endpoint in parentheses.