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. 2014 Apr 4;9(4):e91729. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091729

Table 1. Clinical and pathological characteristics of the patient cohort in the original cohort.

Plasma cohort Urine cohort
Low-Risk High-Risk Low-Risk High-Risk
n 33 37 17 16
Age Median 64 67 63 66
(yrs) Range 48–74 57–81 52–72 57–81
Follow-up Median 3.89 4.44 4.24 4.39
(yrs) Range 1.16–6.02 1.65–7.01 3.65–5.05 2.12–5.10
Prostate Weight Median 58 46 58 48
(g) Range 28–86 20–118 34–86 20–64
Gleason Grade (%) 6 33 (100) 0 (0) 17 (100) 0 (0)
7 (3+4) 0 (0) 7 (19) 0 (0) 1 (6)
7 (4+3) 0 (0) 8 (22) 0 (0) 3 (19)
8 0 (0) 3 (8) 0 (0) 1 (6)
9 (4+5) 0 (0) 16 (43) 0 (0) 8 (50)
9 (5+4) 0 (0) 3 (8) 0 (0) 3 (19)
Tumour Volume Median 0.20 7.76 0.20 9.45
(cc) Range 0.04–0.90 0.85–28.70 0.09–0.80 1.40–25.20
pT stage (%) pT2a 12 (36) 0 (0) 6 (35) 0 (0)
pT2b 0 (0) 2 (5) 0 (0) 1 (6)
pT2c 21 (64) 6 (16) 11 (65) 3 (19)
pT3a 0 (0) 13 (35) 0 (0) 5 (31)
pT3b 0 (0) 16 (44) 0 (0) 7 (44)
EPE (%) Present 0 (0) 27 (73) 0 (0) 10 (63)
Absent 33 (100) 10 (27) 17 (100) 6 (37)
SV Invasion (%) Present 0 (0) 5 (14) 0 (0) 1 (6)
Absent 33 (100) 32 (86) 17 (100) 15 (94)
PN Invasion (%) Present 7 (21) 35 (95) 2 (12) 16 (100)
Absent 26 (79) 2 (5) 15 (88) 0 (0)
LV Invasion (%) Present 0 (0) 18 (49) 0 (0) 9 (56)
Absent 33 (100) 19 (51) 17 (100) 7 (44)
Multifocal (%) Yes 25 (76) 25 (68) 12 (71) 10 (63)
No 8 (24) 12 (32) 5 (29) 6 (37)
Surgical Margins (%) Positive 1 (3) 26 (70) 1 (6) 9 (56)
Negative 32 (97) 11 (30) 16 (94) 7 (44)
Metastatic Disease (%) Yes 0 (0) 5 (14) 0 (0) 2 (13)
No 33 (100) 32 (86) 17 (100) 14 (87)