Table 2.
Correlation of EMT score with the patients' clinicopathological variables.
| Clinicopathological variable | EMT score | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <25 | ≥25 | Total | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Age (in years) | Mean (±SD) | 61.6 (±6.2) | 63.6 (±7.2) | 62 (±6.5) | 0.167 |
| <70 | 85 (93.4) | 22 (81.5) | 107 (90.7) | 0.061 | |
| ≥70 | 6 (6.6) | 5 (18.5) | 11 (9.3) | ||
| Total | 91 (100) | 27 (100) | 118 (100) | ||
| Gleason groups | A: Gleason scores 6 and 7(3 + 4) | 51 (56) | 9 (33.3) | 60 (50.8) | 0.014 |
| B: Gleason score 7(4 + 3) | 24 (26.4) | 6 (22.2) | 30 (25.4) | ||
| C: Gleason scores 8 and 9 | 16 (17.6) | 12 (44.4) | 28 (23.7) | ||
| Total | 91 (100) | 27 (100) | 118 (100) | ||
| Lympho-vascular invasion | Absent | 32 (88.9) | 22 (91.7) | 54 (90) | 0.725 |
| Present | 4 (11.1) | 2 (8.3) | 6 (10) | ||
| Total | 36 (100) | 24 (100) | 60 (100) | ||
| Perineural invasion | Absent | 15 (23.1) | 10 (38.5) | 25 (27.5) | 0.137 |
| Present | 50 (76.9) | 16 (61.5) | 66 (72.5) | ||
| Total | 65 (100) | 26 (100) | 91 (100) | ||
| Seminal vesicle invasion | Absent | 74 (83.1) | 19 (73.1) | 93 (80.9) | 0.251 |
| Present | 15 (16.9) | 7 (26.9) | 22 (19.1) | ||
| Total | 89 (100) | 26 (100) | 115 (100) | ||
| Lymph node invasion | Absent | 11 (91.7) | 13 (86.7) | 24 (88.9) | 0.681 |
| Present | 1 (8.3) | 2 (13.3) | 3 (11.1) | ||
| Total | 12 (100) | 15 (100) | 27 (100) | ||
| Pathological stage | pT2 | 21 (23.6) | 13 (48.1) | 34 (29.3) | 0.014 |
| ≥pT3 | 68 (76.4) | 14 (51.9) | 82 (70.7) | ||
| Total | 89 (100) | 27 (100) | 116 (100) | ||
| PSA failure | No | 32 (49.2) | 11 (55) | 43 (50.6) | 0.625 |
| Yes | 33 (50.8) | 9 (45) | 42 (49.4) | ||
| Total | 65 (100) | 20 (100) | 85 (100) | ||
| Surgical margins | Negative | 17 (18.7) | 12 (44.4) | 29 (24.6) | 0.006 |
| Positive | 74 (81.3) | 15 (55.6) | 89 (75.4) | ||
| Total | 91 (100) | 27 (100) | 118 (100) | ||
| Preoperative PSA (in ng/mL) | Mean (±SD) | 10 (±7.1) | 13.7 (±16.4) | 10.9 (±9.9) | 0.289 |
| < 10 | 55 (63.2) | 17 (68) | 72 (64.3) | 0.66 | |
| ≥10 | 32 (36.8) | 8 (32) | 40 (35.7) | ||
| Total | 87 (100) | 25 (100) | 112 (100) | ||
| Prostate size (in g) | Mean (±SD) | 58.5 (±67.7) | 60.1 (±24.8) | 58.9 (±60.4) | 0.903 |
| < 50 | 48 (53.9) | 13 (48.1) | 61 (52.6) | 0.598 | |
| ≥50 | 41 (46.1) | 14 (51.9) | 55 (47.4) | ||
| Total | 89 (100) | 27 (100) | 116 (100) | ||
| Tumor volume (in cc) | Mean (±SD) | 16.1 (±24.7) | 12.3 (±9.4) | 15.2 (±22.2) | 0.461 |
| < 5 | 18 (21.4) | 7 (28) | 25 (22.9) | 0.493 | |
| ≥5 | 66 (78.6) | 18 (72) | 84 (77.1) | ||
| Total | 84 (100) | 25 (100) | 109 (100) | ||
Bold values represent statistically significant data.