Table 2.
Univariate analysis of predictors for the presence of an anterior zone tumor stratified by previously negative biopsy (group 1) and active surveillance (group 2)
| |
Group 1 |
Group 2 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive biopsy in AZ | Negative biopsy in AZ | P-value | Positive biopsy in AZ | Negative biopsy in AZ | P-value | |
|
Age (years) |
66.3 |
63.3 |
0.1479 |
61.5 |
65.9 |
0.0695 |
|
BMI (kg/m
2
) |
27.1 |
28.5 |
0.2961 |
29.3 |
28.9 |
0.8008 |
|
Prostate volume (cc) |
37.3 |
61.4 |
0.0027 |
36.6 |
58.0 |
0.0691 |
|
PSA density (ng/ml/cc) |
0.34 |
0.18 |
0.0008 |
0.16 |
0.21 |
0.2556 |
|
PSA (ng/ml) |
11.6 |
9.9 |
0.2834 |
6.5 |
7.2 |
0.6369 |
| Number of previous cores | 17.5 | 19 | 0.5561 | 22.6 | 19.9 | 0.4115 |