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. 2020 Feb 8;12(2):398. doi: 10.3390/cancers12020398

Table 5.

(A) 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT positivity rate (RP) of different subgroups related to PSA levels. (B) 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT positivity rate (RT) of different subgroups that were related to PSA levels.

(A) 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT positivity rate (RP) of different subgroups related to PSA levels.
PSA Range (ng/mL) Overall Positivity p/r Value Single Metastases Multiple Metastases p/r Value
0.2 to <1 (145) 75 (51.7%) 28 (19.3%) 33 (22.8%)
<1.24 (177) 92 (52%) 33 (31%) 44 (21%)
≥1.24 (316) 278 (87.4%) 72 (69%) 164 (79%)
Total (493) 370 (75%) p < 0.001: r 0.400 105 208 p < 0.001: r 0.315
PSA Range (ng/mL) Local Recur-Rence p/r Value Local Metastases Distant Metastases Local + Distant Metastases p/r Value
0.2 to <1 (145) 20 (13.8%) 44 (30.3%) 10 (6.9%) 7 (4.8%)
<1.24 (177) 23 (13%) 51 (28.8%) 15 (8.5%) 11 (6.2%)
≥1.24 (316) 86 (27.2%) 118 (37.3%) 56 (17.7%) 62 (19.6%)
Total (493) 109 p < 0.001; r 0.164 169 71 73 p < 0.001; r 0.308
(B) 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT positivity rate (RT) of different subgroups that were related to PSA levels.
PSA Range (ng/mL) Overall Positivity p/r Value Single Metastases Multiple Metastases p/r Value
<5.75 (36) 31 (86.1%) 15 (41.7%) 19 (52.8%)
≥5.75 (52) 49 (94.2%) 7 (13.5%) 29 (55.8%)
Total (88) 80 (91%) p = 0.19; r 0.139 22 48 p = 0.008; r 0.255
PSA Range (ng/mL) Local Recur-Rence p/r Value Local Metastases Distant Metastases Local + Distant Metastases p/r Value
<5.75 (36) 22 (61.1%) 11 (30.6%) 1 (2.8%) 4 (11.1%)
≥5.75 (52) 28 (53.8%) 11 (21.2%) 13 (25%) 11 (21.2%)
Total (88) 50 p = 0.5; r −0.07 22 14 15 p = 0.01; r 0.286

Abbreviations: PSA, prostate-specific-antigen; p < 0.05 is considered significant; r, Pearson correlation coefficient.