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. 2015 Jul 14;113(3):460–468. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.240

Table 3. Estimated odds ratios for prediction of prostate cancer status from logistic regression models evaluating the effect of risk groups and cutoffs for PSA, fcDNA and GADD45a methylation obtained from RPART analysis.

Risk groups defined by univariate analysis of cutoffs for PSA, fcDNA and GADD45a methylation (sum of four CpGs)
 
Risk group PSA fcDNA GADD45a methylation Benign (N) Cancer (N) Total (N) Prediction Models
   
                OR (95% CI) P AUC  
1 <16.9 48 21 69 Benign Reference   0.691  
2 ⩾16.9 0 13 13 Case 60.9 (3.11, >999) 0.007    
1 <188 43 17 60 Benign Reference   0.698  
2 ⩾188 5 17 22 Case 8.6 (2.7, 27.0) 0.0002    
1 <89.6 47 21 68 Benign Reference   0.681  
2 ⩾89.6 1 13 14 Case 29.1 (3.57, 237.1) 0.002    
Risk groups defined by PSA, fcDNA and GADD45a methylation (sum of four CpGs)
Risk group PSA fcDNA GADD45a methylation Benign (N) Cancer (N) Total (N) Prediction Model 1 (AUC=0.937)
Model 2 (AUC=0.952)
                OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
1 <16.9 <188 <89.6 42 2 44 Benign Reference   Reference  
2 <16.9 <188 ⩾89.6 1 6 7 Case 73.7 (7.4, 731) <0.001 77.8 (6.7, 902) <0.001
3 <16.9 ⩾188 5 13 18 Case 41.7 (8.1, 215.9) <0.0001 36.4 (8.1, 188) <0.0001
4 ⩾16.9 0 13 13 Case 458.9 (18.7, >999) <0.001 348.7 (18.7,>999) <0.001

Abbreviations: OR=odds ratio; CI=confidence interval.

Model 1: effect of the composite variable risk group. Model 2: effect of the composite variable risk group adjusted for race (Black vs White; OR=0.57, P=0.636), ethnicity (non-Hispanic vs Hispanic; OR=4.25, P=0.262) and age (1-year increase; OR=0.97, P=0.607).