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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Aug 24;16(17):4374–4381. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-1328

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of each cohort: ERSPC studies

Göteborg
Round 1
Göteborg
Subsequent rounds
Rotterdam
Round 1
Rotterdam
Subsequent
rounds
Tarn
Number of patients   740   1241   2895   1494   298
Number of biopsies   740   1241   2895   1494   298

Clinical
characteristics
Age (years) 61 (58, 64) 63 (61, 67) 66 (62, 70) 67 (63, 71) 64 (60, 67)
PSA (ng/mL) 4.65 (3.68, 6.72) 3.56 (3.17, 4.26) 5.03 (3.93, 7.31) 3.45 (2.94, 4.33) 4.45 (3.53, 5.98)
Prostate volume2 (g) 39 (30, 51) 37 (30, 47) 46 (35, 60) 44 (35, 54) NA
DRE result
    Normal 614 (83%) 1117 (90%) 2137 (74%) 1182 (79%) 179 (60%)
    Abnormal 126 (17%) 124 (10%) 758 (26%) 312 (21%) 92 (31%)
    Unknown 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 27 (9%)
Family history3
    No 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1708 (59%) 875 (59%) 0 (0%)
    Yes 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 328 (11%) 160 (11%) 0 (0%)
    Unknown 740 (100%) 1241 (100%) 859 (30%) 459 (31%) 298 (100%)
African origin4
    No 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
    Yes 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
    Unknown 740 (100%) 1241 (100%) 2895 (100%) 1494 (100%) 298 (100%)
Prior biopsy 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Biopsy results
Cancer 192 (26%) 322 (26%) 800 (28%) 388 (26%) 96 (32%)
Biopsy Gleason grade
    ≤ 6 152 (79%) 269 (84%) 508 (63%) 297 (77%) 42 (44%)
    7 33 (17%) 45 (14%) 234 (29%) 78 (20%) 37 (39%)
    ≥ 8 7 (4%) 8 (2%) 58 (7%) 13 (3%) 17 (18%)
    Unknown 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 6 (1%) 0 (0%) 3 (3%)
Clinical characteristics of each cohort: Other cohorts.
SABOR Cleveland Clinic1 ProtecT Tyrol1 Durham VA
Number of patients   392   2631   7324   4199   1856

Number of biopsies   392   3307   7324   5656   2425

Clinical
characteristics
Age (years) 63 (58, 68) 64 (58, 69) 63 (59, 66) 63 (57, 68) 64 (59, 69)
PSA (ng/mL) 3.42 (1.44, 5.40) 5.75 (4.31, 8.50) 4.35 (3.50, 6.20) 4.21 (2.80, 6.79) 5.17 (3.71, 8.27)
Prostate volume (g)2 NA 42 (30, 58) NA 35 (27, 46) NA
DRE result
    Normal 280 (71%) 3103 (94%) 0 (0%) 5088 (90%) 892 (37%)
    Abnormal 112 (29%) 204 (6%) 0 (0%) 568 (10%) 266 (11%)
    Unknown 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 7324 (100%) 0 (0%) 1267 (52%)
Family history3
    No 280 (71%) 1708 (52%) 5736 (78%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
    Yes 112 (29%) 373 (11%) 454 (6%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
    Unknown 0 (0%) 1226 (37%) 1134 (15%) 5656 (100%) 2425 (100%)
African origin4
    No 349 (89%) 2836 (86%) 6933 (95%) 0 (0%) 1221 (50%)
    Yes 43 (11%) 425 (13%) 34 (0%) 0 (0%) 1082 (45%)
    Unknown 0 (0%) 46 (1%) 357 (5%) 5656 (100%) 122 (5%)
Prior biopsy 96 (24%) 1093 (33%) 0 (0%) 1559 (28%) 574 (24%)

Biopsy results
Cancer 133 (34%) 1292 (39%) 2570 (35%) 1562 (28%) 1148 (47%)
Biopsy Gleason grade
    ≤ 6 95 (71%) 669 (52%) 1703 (66%) 911 (58%) 606 (53%)
    7 28 (21%) 478 (37%) 729 (28%) 319 (20%) 387 (34%)
    ≥ 8 10 (8%) 145 (11%) 138 (5%) 332 (21%) 155 (14%)
    Unknown 3 (2%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 195 (12%) 14 (1%)

Data are given as median (quartiles) or frequency (proportion); NA: not available; DRE: digital rectal exam

1

Subjects may be represented more than once if they had more than 1 negative biopsy

2

Prostate volume was available for 733 Göteborg round 1; 967 Göteborg subsequent round; 2882 Rotterdam round 1; 1487 Rotterdam subsequent round; 2317 Cleveland Clinic; and 5178 Tyrol biopsies.

3

Family history of prostate cancer; when unknown, subjects were assumed to have no family history of prostate cancer

4

When unknown, subjects were assumed to be of non-African origin