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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol. 2016 Sep 3;71(3):340–348. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.08.055

Table 2.

Univariable and multivariable logistic regression assessing associations with C-11 choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography positivity

Univariate Multivariable

Factor OR 95% CI p value OR 95% CI p value
Age (per yr) 1.00 0.94–1.06 0.9
PSA at diagnosis (per 1 ng/ml) 1.23 1.03–1.46 0.02
Gleason score (ref. 6)
  7 1.51 0.61–3.77 0.4
  8–10 8.66 1.07–70.15 0.04
Clinical stage (ref. T1)
  cT2a–c 2.24 0.74–6.78 0.2
  cT3–4 1.43 0.28–7.27 0.7
NCCN risk group (ref. low risk)
  Intermediate risk 1.59 0.61–4.15 0.3 1.27 0.45–3.58 0.7
  High risk 12.27 1.48–101.66 0.02 10.83 1.26–93.06 0.03
EBRT (ref. BT-containing) 1.24 0.52–2.98 0.6
HT during RT 0.80 0.31–2.47 0.8
Radiation field (ref. prostate only)
  Prostate + SV 0.82 0.17–3.96 0.8
  Prostate + SV + LN 0.53 0.11–2.67 0.4
PSA nadir (per 1 ng/ml) 1.08 0.67–1.72 0.8
PSA at CholPET scan (per 1 ng/dl) 1.29 1.08–1.53 <0.01
ΔPSAa (per 1 ng/ml) 1.30 1.08–1.56 <0.01 1.30 1.08–1.57 <0.01
PSA doubling time (per mo) 1.00 0.99–1.01 0.8
PSA velocity (per 1 ng/ml/yr) 1.48 1.01–2.18 0.04

BT = brachytherapy; CholPET = C-11 choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography; CI = confidence interval; EBRT = external beam radiotherapy; HT = hormone therapy; LN = lymph node; NCCN = national comprehensive cancer network; OR = odds ratio; PSA = prostate-specific antigen; ref. = reference; RT = radiation therapy; SV = seminal vesicle.

a

Difference between PSA at C11 choline PET/CT and PSA nadir.