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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Urology. 2010 Apr 15;76(3):695–700. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.12.073

TABLE 2.

Cox proportional hazards analysis of factors predicting time to biochemical recurrence following radical prostatectomy among patients who were candidates for active surveillance in the SEARCH database

Hazards Ratio 95% CI p Value
Univariate analysis:
 Serum PSA 1.09 0.95 – 1.25 0.21
 Black race 1.67 0.92 – 3.06 0.09
 Age 1.07 1.02 – 1.13 0.01
 Year of surgery 0.97 0.88 – 1.06 0.48
 Clinical stage (T2 vs. T1) 0.81 0.41 – 1.60 0.55
 Number of cores positive (2 vs. 1) 1.16 0.63 – 2.14 0.63
 Agent Orange exposure 2.08 1.06 – 4.07 0.03
 Body mass index (relative to normal weight)
  Overweight 0.81 0.35 – 1.86 0.62
  Obese 1.80 0.87 – 3.75 0.12
Multivariate analysis:
 Age 1.08 1.03 – 1.14 0.004
 Agent Orange exposure 2.37 1.19 – 4.71 0.01
 Obesity 1.86 1.01 – 3.40 0.045