Table 3a.

Factors associated with the number of positive-cores (N+, range 0–14) as determined by linear regression models: Univariate Model

Covariates	B	SD	95% CI of B		p
			Lower	Upper
Age	0.057	0.017	0.024	0.090	0.01
BMI	0.013	0.041	0.067	0.093	0.756
PSA	0.177	0.035	0.109	0.246	< 0.0001
PV	−0.049	0.007	−0.062	−0.036	< 0.0001
PSAD	9,025	0.823	7,408	10,643	< 0.0001
N	0.304	0.182	0.053	0.661	0.095
DRE (±)	1,495	0.340	0.826	2,163	< 0.0001
CII	−1.629	0.328	−2.274	−0.984	< 0.0001
GA	−1.16	0.535	−2.168	−0.068	0.038
ASAP	−1.044	0.411	−1.852	−0.237	0.011
PIN	0.519	0.684	0.825	1,863	0.448