Table 1.
Baseline patient characteristics
| Characteristic | Very low risk prostate cancer (N=338) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Pre-operative characteristics | ||
| Age at surgery (years) | ||
| Median (range) | 60.7 (39 – 74) | |
| PSA (ng/ml) preoperatively | ||
| Median (range) | 4.6 (0.5–9.9) | |
| IPSS score preoperatively | ||
| Mild 0–7 | 147 (51.0) | |
| Moderate 8–19 | 116 (40.3) | |
| Severe 20–35 | 25 (8.7) | |
| Level of education | ||
| University/college | 123 (42.4) | |
| Technical training school | 36 (12.4) | |
| High school | 91 (31.3) | |
| Elementary school | 36 (12.4) | |
| Other | 4 (1.4) | |
| Marital status | ||
| Partner | 278 (95.9) | |
| Single | 12 (4.1) | |
| BMI preoperatively (kg/m2) | ||
| < 25 | 98 (34.1) | |
| 25–30 | 166 (57.8) | |
| > 30 | 23 (8.0) | |
| Previous TUR-P | ||
| Yes | 7 (2.5) | |
| No | 270 (97.5) | |
| Previous coronary bypass | ||
| Yes | 5 (1.8) | |
| No | 280 (98.2) | |
| Previous abdominal surgery | ||
| Yes | 53 (18.6) | |
| No | 232 (81.4) | |
| Previous AMI | ||
| Yes | 1 (0.3) | |
| No | 290 (99.7) | |
| Hypertonia | ||
| Yes | 72 (24.7) | |
| No | 219 (75.3) | |
| Angina Pectoris | ||
| Yes | 1 (0.3) | |
| No | 290 (99.7) | |
| Heart Failure | ||
| Yes | 1 (0.3) | |
| No | 290 (99.7) | |
| Diabetes | ||
| Yes | 13 (4.5) | |
| No | 278 (95.5) | |
| Lung disease | ||
| Yes | 6 (2.1) | |
| No | 285 (97.9) | |
| Neurologic disease | ||
| Yes | 5 (1.7) | |
| No | 286 (98.3) | |
| Kidney disease | ||
| Yes | 3 (1.0) | |
| No | 288 (99.0) | |
| Depression | ||
| Yes | 6 (2.1) | |
| No | 285 (97.9) | |