Table 1. Patient characteristics.

Characteristics
Total number of men	128
Age (yr), mean (range)	68.5 (50.9–88.2)
Prostate volume (ml), mean (range)	23.2 (6.7–71.1)
Gleason score, N (%)
<7	35 (27.3%)
= 7	59 (46.1%)
>7	34 (26.6%)
iPSA, N (%)
<10	59 (46.1%)
10–20	43 (33.6%)
>20	26 (20.3%)
Stage
<T2b	81 (63.3%)
T2b	11 (8.6%)
>T2b	36 (28.1%)
D’Amico risk group, N (%)
Low	14 (11.0%)
Intermediate	52 (40.6%)
High	62 (48.4%)