Table 3. Mean±standard deviation of systematic moves of 50 patients, and the p-value relating to the null hypothesis that the moves were drawn from a gaussian distribution of that mean and standard deviationa.
Lateral | Craniocaudal | Anteroposterior | |
Mean±standard deviation (mm) | 0.9±1.7 | 1.5±3.1 | 1.8±4.8 |
p-valueb | 0.50 | 0.02 | 0.76 |
aPositive mean values indicate the prostate is on average to the left, inferior or posterior of reference position.
bp<0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance.