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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2011 Oct 17;118(10):2651–2658. doi: 10.1002/cncr.26396

Table 2.

Multivariable model of demographic and pre-biopsy clinical characteristics for the presence of histologically-aggressive prostate cancer on first prostate biopsy in the EDRN analysis cohort.

Parameter Estimate Standard
Error
Odds Ratio
(95% CI)
P-value
Intercept −3.28 1.04 - -
Age (per 10 yrs) 0.54 0.12 1.72 (1.35, 2.18) <0.0001
BMI (per 1 kg/m2) 0.06 0.02 1.07 (1.02, 1.11) 0.002
Family history of prostate
cancer
0.82 0.23 2.27 (1.45, 3.54) 0.0003
Abnormal DRE 1.08 0.25 2.95 (1.81, 4.80) <0.0001
Log PSA density (per 1 unit) 1.51 0.17 4.51 (3.25, 6.27) <0.0001

Abbreviations: BMI=body mass index; PSA=prostate specific antigen; DRE=digital rectal exam; CI=confidence interval