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. 2017 Jan 30;8(13):20802–20812. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.14903

Table 2. Patient characteristics sorted by institution.

UM (n=136) JHU (n=453) p-valuea
Mean Median(Min, Max) Mean Median(Min, Max)
Age (years) 59.6 60(40, 7) 57.0 57(36, 73) <0.001
PSA, ng/mL 4.76 4.55(0.3, 13) 4.56 4.4(0.4, 10.1) 0.63
PSA density, ng/mL/gm 0.10 0.096(0.012, 0.284) 0.10 0.099(0.007, 0.257) 0.60
PSA mass, μg 0.56 0.53(0.03, 1.61) 0.56 0.53(0.05, 1.78) 0.85
PSA mass density, μg/gm 0.01 0.011(0.001, 0.036)) 0.01 0.012(0.0009, 0.056) 0.27
Prostate weight, gm 50.6 45(18, 146) 48.8 44.8(19.7, 194) 0.43
Tumor volume, cm3 0.75 0.35(0.004, 7.57) 0.69 0.38(0.003, 6.32) 0.92
No. (%) No. (%) p-valueb
Race/ethnicity <0.001
Non-Hispanic White 38 (27.9%) 352 (77.7%)
Non-Hispanic Black 17 (12.5%) 70 (15.5%)
Hispanic/Latino 78 (57.4%) -
Other 3 (2.2%) 31 (6.8%)
BMIc 0.47
Normal 35 (25.7%) 125 (28.0%)
Overweight 69 (50.7%) 238 (53.2%)
Obese 32 (23.6%) 84 (18.8%)

Abbreviations: UM = The University of Miami; JHU = The Johns Hopkins University.

a Kruskal-Wallis test was used in calculation of p-values for continuous variables.

b Chi-square test was used in calculation of p-values for categorical variables.

c Six patients had missing BMI values.