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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: BJU Int. 2015 Jul 4;118(1):68–76. doi: 10.1111/bju.13193

Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics and surveillance PSA metrics of study participants in all patients and by reclassification status.

Variable All patients No reclassification Reclassification P
No. % No. % No. %
No. of patients 191 100 159 100 32 100
Age (years) 64 (57–69) 63 (57–69) 65.5 (59.5–70) 0.18
Race or ethnicity (n = 190) 0.36
 White 155 81.6 131 84.5 24 15.5
 Black 17 8.9 15 88.2 2 11.8
 Hispanic 15 7.9 11 73.3 4 26.7
 Asian 3 1.6 2 66.7 1 33.3
Body mass index 29.1 (26.1–31.8) 29.2 (26.2–31.8) 27.9 (25.1–32.6) 0.5
PSA level (ng/mL)
 PSA 3.3 ( 2.2–4.3) 3.3 (2.1–4.4) 3 (2.4–4.2) 0.68
 PSA density 0.1 (0.1–0.1) 0.1 (0.1–0.1) 0.1 (0.1–0.1) 0.67
 PSA velocity (n = 124) 0.1 (−0.1–0.6) 0.1 (−0.2–0.5) 0.4 (0–0.7) 0.04
 PSA doubling time (n = 124) 3.4 (−3.4–7.2) 2.7 (−4–7.1) 4.5 (1.4–7.7) 0.34
Testosterone (ng/dL) 379 (295–479) 379 (290–469) 389 (323–494) 0.44
Transrectal ultrasound, total (mL) 43.9 (29.7–56.3) 44 (29.5–57.5) 43.5 (33.6–53.2) 0.81
Gleason score 1.00
 5* 1 0.5 1 100
 6 189 99 157 83.1 32 16.9
 7 1 0.5 1 100
Clinical stage 0.86
 cT1a* 5 2.6 4 80 1 20
 cT1c 164 85.9 137 83.5 27 16.5
 cT2a 20 10.5 16 80 4 20
 cT2b 1 0.5 1 100
 cT2c 1 0.5 1 100
Number of surveillance biopsies (n = 183) <.0001
 0 33 18 33 100
 1 72 39.3 62 86.1 10 13.9
 2 44 24 37 84.1 7 15.9
 3 25 13.7 17 68 8 32
 4 8 4.4 2 25 6 75
 5 1 0.5 1 100
Tumor length (mm) (n = 185) 0.03
 < 0.5 10 5.4 8 80 2 20
 0.5–< 1 84 45.4 77 91.7 7 8.3
 1–< 2 68 36.8 52 76.5 16 23.5
 2–< 3 23 12.4 17 73.9 6 26.1
5-alpha-reductase inhibitor: current or history of treatment 0.3
 No 159 83.2 130 81.8 29 18.2
 Yes 32 16.8 29 90.6 3 9.4
Family history, first degree (n = 190) 0.66
 No 139 73.2 114 82 25 18
 Yes 51 26.8 44 86.3 7 13.7
Family history, second degree (n = 190) 0.29
 No 161 84.3 136 84.5 25 15.5
 Yes 30 15.7 23 76.7 7 23.3