Table 5.

Covariates associated with a number of positive cores between 1–2 or < 2 compared to negative cases by multinomial logistic regression models

Covariates	1 ≤ N+ < 2 vs. negative group (N+ = 0)				N+ < 2 vs. negative group (N+ = 0)
	OR	95% CI of OR Lower	95% CI of OR Upper	p	OR	95% CI of OR Lower	95% CI of OR Upper	p
Univariate Model
Age	1.032	0.998	1.066	0.062	1.065	1.033	1.097	< 0.0001
PSA	1.055	0.098	1.184	0.155	1.108	1.043	1.177	0.001
PV	0.971	0.955	0.987	< 0.0001	0.93	0.912	0.949	< 0.0001
PSAD	567.714	35,3	380.418	< 0.0001	13710	1006.2	186791.7	< 0.0001
DRE (±)	1.744	0.906	3.359	0.096	2.584	1.494	4.469	0.001
CII	0.356	0.178	0.714	0.004	0.118	0.049	0.28	< 0.0001
GA	0.363	0.106	1.245	0.107	0.323	0.109	0.957	0.041
ASAP	1.545	0.783	3.048	0.209	0.478	0.212	1.076	0.074
PIN	3.906	1.022	14.938	0.046	4.776	1.438	15.86	0.011
Multivariate Model
Age	1.049	1.011	1.089	0.011	1.096	1.055	1.138	< 0.0001
PV	0.977	0.959	0.996	0.019	0.945	0.922	0.969	< 0.0001
PSAD	104.681	4.061	2698.509	0.005	1077.955	44.284	26239.587	< 0.0001
DRE (±)	1.735	0.856	0.856	0.126	2.489	1.24	4.997	0.01
CII	0.338	0.161	0.161	0.004	0.076	0.025	0.229	< 0.0001
GA	0.412	0.111	0.111	0.185	0.481	0.132	1.752	0.267
ASAP	1.316	0.616	0.616	0.478	0.407	0.156	1.066	0.067
PIN	2.964	0.733	0.733	0.127	4.638	1.156	18.451	0.03