Table I.

Clinical characteristics of patients.

Variable	Gleason score
	6	7	8–9	All
Cases (N)	28	28	28	84
Age* (years; mean)	56.8	60.1	60.9	59.3
Age (years; range)	47.5–66.5	48.0–74.4	45.3–78.8	45.3–78.8
Race (N)
Caucasians	13	14	0	27
African Americans	15	14	28	57
Androgen deprivation treatment (N)
No	24	19	17	60
Yes	0	1	10	11†
Unknown	4	8	1	13

^*Age of patients at radical prostatectomy; one patient’s age could not be determined.

^†Androgen deprivation treatment began after radical prostatectomy for all patients except one. N: Actual number of patients.