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. 2016 Oct 25;8(11):18424–18434. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.12906

Table 2B. Clinical and pathological variables associated with unfavorable disease, positive surgical margins and predominant Gleason score 4.

Unfavorable Disease Positive margins Predominant Gleason 4
No (n=316) Yes (n=22) p-value No (n=302) Yes (n=36) p-value No (n=276) Yes (n=62) p-value
Age (years) 63.5 [59 ; 67] 63.5 [59.5 ; 66] 0,904 64 [59 ; 67] 61.5 [55.5 ; 65] 0.136 63 [58 ; 67] 64.5 [60 ; 68] 0,168
PSA (ng/mL) 5.6 [4.4 ; 7.3] 5.5 [4 ; 6.3] 0,244 5.64 [4.29 ; 7.25] 5.03 [4.14 ; 7.27] 0.451 5.6 [4.4 ; 7.3] 5.6 [4.1 ; 7] 0,43
PSA density 0.12 [0.09 ; 0.15] 0.11 [0.06 ; 0.14] 0,068 0.12 [0.09 ; 0.15] 0.12 [0.09 ; 0.15] 0.925 0.12 [0.09 ; 0.15] 0.11 [0.07 ; 0.15] 0,073
Prostate Volume 48 [40 ; 55] 52 [41 ; 61.3] 0,085 49 [41 ; 55] 45 [38.5 ; 53.75] 0.102 47.5 [40 ; 55] 51.5 [41 ; 60] 0,011
Familiarity, Yes 20 (6.3) 1 (4.5) 1,000 19 (6.3) 2 (5.6) 1.000 17 (6.2) 4 (6.5) 1,000
PNI, Yes 17 (5.4) 3 (13.6) 0,132 17 (5.6) 3 (8.3) 0.458 9 (3.3) 11 (17.7) <0.001
Nr of Positive Cores. 2 146 (46.2) 14 (63.6) 0,123 146 (48.3) 14 (38.9) 0.283 129 (46.7) 31 (50) 0,642
CIPC (%) 25 [10 ; 35] 40 [30 ; 60] <0.001 25 [10 ; 35] 30 [20 ; 40] 0.027 20 [10 ; 30] 40 [30 ; 50] <0.001
Positive DRE 32 (10.1) 4 (18.2) 0,273 32 (10.6) 4 (11.1) 1.000 28 (10.1) 8 (12.9) 0,525
Testosterone (ng/dL) 456 [390 ; 567] 290 [250 ; 300] <0.001 456 [389 ; 566.25] 400.5 [290 ; 540.5] 0.0643 477 [398.3 ; 597.3] 300 [254.5 ; 502] <0.001
Testosterone <300 ng/dL 39 (12.3) 14 (63.6) <0.001 43 (14.2) 10 (27.8) 0.035 25 (9.1) 28 (45.2) <0.001

CIPC: cancer involvement in positive cores; DRE: Digital rectal examination; PNI: perineural invasion; PSA: prostate-specific antigen