Table 5. The peak intensity value of low- and high-grade tumours in medial PZ, lateral PZ and TZ groups.
Location | Gleason score | n | Peak intensity | p-value |
Medial PZ | Low-grade | 23 | 5.55±1.99 | |
High-grade | 59 | 6.93±3.00 | ||
Total | 82 | 6.55±2.81 | 0.045 | |
Lateral PZ | Low-grade | 31 | 9.82±1.69 | |
High-grade | 65 | 10.91±2.64 | ||
Total | 96 | 10.56±2.42 | 0.038 | |
TZ | Low-grade | 12 | 14.54±0.94 | |
High-grade | 40 | 13.37±2.59 | ||
Total | 52 | 13.64±2.36 | 0.135 |
PZ, peripheral zone; TZ, transition zone.
p-value obtained using Student's t-test.