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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Oncol. 2016 Apr;2(4):471–480. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.4955

Table 1.

Cox Regression Analysis of the DDR Pathway Signature in 545 Patients in the Pooled Validation Cohorts

Characteristic BCR-free Survival Metastasis-free Survival Overall Survival



HR (95% CI) P Value HR (95% CI) P Value HR (95% CI) P Value
UVA 1.89 (1.44–2.48) 5.01E-06 1.88 (1.33–2.67) 3.91E-04 1.90 (1.32–2.72) 5.15E-04

MVA

DDR pathway signature (high risk vs low risk) 1.71 (1.29–2.28) <.001 1.56 (1.08–2.25) .02 1.69 (1.16–2.47) .006

Age 0.99 (0.97–1.01) .21 0.99 (0.96–1.02) .45 1.02 (0.99–1.05) .20

PSA

 <10 (Low risk) 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]

 10–20 (Intermediate risk) 1.47 (1.07–2.02) .02 1.21 (0.80–1.84) .37 0.87 (0.57–1.34) .53

 >20 (High risk) 1.83 (1.26–2.66) .001 1.78 (1.09–2.91) .02 1.31 (0.78–2.18) .31

Gleason score

 6 (Low risk) 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]

 7 (Intermediate risk) 1.97 (0.98–3.94) .06 8.84 (1.21–64.60) .03 0.98 (0.47–2.07) .96

 8–10 (High risk) 3.77 (1.85–7.70) <.001 19.98 (2.71–147.35) .003 2.06 (0.96–0.42) .06

SMS, + vs − 1.13 (0.84–1.51) .42 1.14 (0.79–1.64) .49 1.30 (0.89–1.90) .18

SVI 1.55 (1.16–2.09) .003 1.46 (1.00–2.11) .05 1.07 (0.73–1.57) .72

ECE 1.44 (1.04–2.00) .03 1.64 (1.04–2.57) .03 1.54 (0.97–2.45) .07

LNI 0.64 (0.38–1.07) .09 1.07 (0.59–1.94) .81 1.31 (0.68–2.54) .42

Abbreviations: BCR, biochemical recurrence; DDR, DNA damage and repair; ECE, extracapsular extension; HR, hazard ratio; LNI, lymph node involvement; MVA, multivariate analysis; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; SMS, surgical margin status; SVI, seminal vesicle invasion; UVA, univariate analysis.