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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Urol. 2010 Sep 30;17(11):914–922. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2010.02631.x

Table 3.

Multivariable predictors of biochemical recurrence in the Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospital (SEARCH) cohort

Variable HR 95%CI P
PSA nadir (per 0.01 ng/mL) 1.14 1.10–1.18 <0.001
Age (years) 1.01 0.99–1.04 0.382
Race
 White ref
 Non-white 1.37 1.02–1.97 0.035
Body mass index (log[kg/m2]) 3.02 1.15–7.92 0.025
Year of surgery (years) 0.96 0.89–1.03 0.221
Preoperative PSA (log[ng/mL]) 1.25 0.99–1.59 0.066
Clinical T stage
 T1 ref
 T2–T3 1.17 0.85–1.61 0.333
Pathological Gleason score
 2–6 ref
 3 + 4 2.04 1.33–3.15 0.001
 ≥4 + 3 2.75 1.71–4.43 <0.001
Surgical findings
 OC and M- ref
 PSM or ECE 1.99 1.39–2.84 <0.001
 SVI 2.68 1.44–4.97 0.002
Prostate weight (log[g]) 0.72 0.47–1.11 0.137

CI, confidence interval; ECE, extracapsular extension; HR, hazard ratio; OC and M-, organ-confined and margin-negative; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; PSM, positive surgical margins; SVI, seminal vesicle invasion.