Table 4.
Endogenous metabolites in urine according to histopathologic results—group A + B. Values are presented as medians/ranges in mg/L.
Histopathologic Results | p | ||||
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Metabolites | PCa | Inflammation | Atypia | Normal | |
Sarcosine | 5.6 (0.25–65.1) | 12.5 (0.3–15.5) | 7.1 (1.2–28.2) | 10.9 (1.2–37.7) | 0.842 |
Uracil | 106.9 (0–2171.7) | 45.4 (4.1–99.6) | 95.5 (0–392.7) | 60.4 (4.7–499.4) | 0.297 |
Kynurenic acid | 29.9 (1.80–125.4) | 38.7 (20.7–123.7) | 25.5 (10.1–149.3) | 41.6 (12.5–112.4) | 0.345 |
pre-PM: before prostatic massage; post-PM: after prostatic massage; PCa: prostate cancer.