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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: BJU Int. 2009 Aug 13;105(4):472–475. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08774.x

Table 2.

Univariate analysis of categorized tumour volume as a predictor of biochemical failure, and multivariate analysis of predictors of biochemical failure

Variable Hazard ratio (95% CI) P
Tumour volume
 < 0.26 reference
 0.26–0.50  1.83 (0.45–7.32) 0.393
 0.51–1.00  1.44 (0.39–5.32) 0.584
 1.01–2.00  2.61 (0.76–8.97) 0.127
 2.01–4.00  2.52 (0.74–8.63) 0.139
 > 4.00  4.3 (1.31–14.09) 0.016
Multivariate PSA, ng/mL
 ≤□6 reference
 6.01–10  1.55 (0.90–2.50) 0.113
 10.01–20  2.06 (1.12–3.77) 0.020
 20.01–30  4.09 (1.49–11.2) 0.006
> 30  6.34 (2.15–18.7) 0.001
Gleason score
 2–6 reference
 3 + 4  2.25 (1.10–4.61) 0.026
 4 + 3  3.87 (1.70–8.75) 0.001
 8–10  4.34 (1.89–9.96) 0.001
SVI  1.92 (1.05–3.50) 0.034
ECE  2.01 (1.25–3.25) 0.004
SM  1.61 (1.02–2.55) 0.042
LNI  0.99 (0.62–1.68) 0.963
Tumour volume, mL
 ≤ 0.25 reference
 0.26–0.50  1.26 (0.31–5.18) 0.748
 0.51–1.00  0.80 (0.21–3.09) 0.749
 1.01–2.00  1.27 (0.36–4.56) 0.710
 2.01–4.00  0.79 (0.22–2.87) 0.721
 > 4.00  1.11 (0.31–3.96) 0.869