Table 3.

Comparison of Young's modulus among different gleason scores of PCa (${\displaystyle \overline{x}\pm s}$)

Gleason score	No. of patients	Young’s modulus (kPa)
		Emax	Emean	Emin
GS < 7	16	132.35 ± 52.39	64.96 ± 17.24	20.70 ± 9.73
GS = 7	26	154.28 ± 54.10 a	83.70 ± 40.72 a	25.93 ± 24.91
GS > 7	67	195.26 ± 53.03bc	108.45 ± 38.46bc	27.84 ± 22.19
F Value		11.94	10.98	0.713
P Value		＜0.001	＜0.001	0.492

Emax, maximum Young’s modulus; Emean, mean Young’s modulus; Emin, minimum Young’s modulus;GS, Gleason score.

^aCompared with GS <7, p > 0.05.

^bCompared with GS <7, p < 0.05.

^cCompared with GS = 7, p < 0.05.