Table 3.

Association of parameters with positive surgical margin status

	Retrograde				Anterograde
Parameter	r	OR	95% CI	pvalue	r	OR	95% CI	pvalue
Age	–0.0330	--	–0.2377/0.1744	0.7490	0.0300	--	–0.2307/0.1731	0.7668
PSA	0.2575	--	0.1025/0.4040	0.0036	0.3121	--	0.1163/0.4845	0.0017
Prostate volume	0.2015	--	0.1052/0.3174	0.0108	0.0636	--	–0.1403/0.2623	0.5296
Pathological stage	0.3167	--	0.1224/0.4876	0.0013	0.5703		0.4161/0.6926	<0.0001
pT2		1.0				1.0
pT3		1.40	1.10– 2.25	0.0010		1.80	1.30–2.60	0.0001
Gleason score	0.0523		–0.1514/0.2518	0.6053	–0.0107		–0.2124/0.1918	0.7155
≤ 7 (3+4)		1.0				1.0
≥ 7 (4+3)		1.05	0.93– 1.12	0.6140		1.02	0.92–1.10	0.6530
Seminal vesicles	0.2508		0.0512/0.4311	0.0118	0.2219		0.0313/0.3615	0.0272
Negative		1.0				1.0
Positive		1.45	1.10– 2.35	0.0120		1.36	1.05– 2.15	0.0254
Lymphonode status	–0.0824		–0.2799/0.1217	0.4151	–0.0709		–0.2692/0.1331	0.4830
N−		1.0				1.0
N+		1.04	0.92– 1.09	0.5050		1.04	0.93–1.11	0.5130
Nerve sparing	0.0293		–0.1738/0.2301	0.5722	0.0471		–0.1565/0.2469	0.5415
No nerve sparing		1.0				1.0
Unilateral		1.20	1.0–1.300.92–	0.0430		1.25	1.0–1.38	0.0390
Bilateral		1.02	1.10	0.6830		1.04	0.94–1.15	0.6513

r = Spearman coefficient; OR = odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval; PSA = prostate-specific antigen.

Note: These results are employing the Spearman coefficients, logistic and univariate analysis).