Table 3.

Medical Care at 12 Months^*

	Number (%)
Item	Biopsy Group N = 121	Normal PSA Group N = 164	P value
Number of times visited primary care physician over 12 months
0 times	19 (16)	19 (12)	P = 0.6
1 time	35 (29)	49 (30)
2 or more times	67 (55)	96 (58)
Number of times called primary care physician over 12 months
0 times	81 (67)	93 (57)	P = 0.1
1 time	21 (17)	30 (18)
2 or more times	19 (16)	41 (25)
Number of times visited urologist over 12 months
0 times	35 (29)	142 (87)	P < 0.0001
1 time	40 (33)	10 (6)
2 or more times	46 (38)	12 (7)
Number of times called urologist over 12 months
0 times	92 (76)	158 (96)	P < 0.0001
1 time	18 (15)	4 (2)
2 or more times	11 (9)	2 (1)
Number of PSA tests over 12 months
0	32 (27)	93 (58)	P < 0.0001
1	46 (39)	66 (41)
2 or more	40 (34)	2 (1)
Number of biopsies over 12 months
0	100 (85)	159 (99)	P < 0.0001
1 or 2	18 (15)	2 (1)

^*Number for individual items vary slightly because of nonresponse

PSA, prostate-specific antigen