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. 2020 Oct 15;12(10):2988. doi: 10.3390/cancers12102988

Table 1.

Characteristics of cancer and non-cancer participants included in this study.

Characteristics Participants, n = 140
Biopsy Result Non-Cancer 70 (50%) Prostate Cancer 70 (50%)
Age
Average (range)
≤60 year
>60 year

60.2 (49–77)
37 (53%)
33 (47%)

64.1 (40–79)
27 (39%)
43 (61%)
tPSA (ng/mL)
Average (range)
≤3
3–5
≥5

5.4 (2.5–10.7)
6 (9%)
26 (37%)
38 (54%)

5.5 (2.3–9.8)
6 (9%)
26 (37%)
38 (54%)
Prostate volume (mL)
≤35
35–50
>50

13 (19%)
17 (24%)
40 (57%)

29 (41%)
21 (30%)
20 (29%)
Biopsy results
Gleason score (patterns)
6 (3 + 3)
7 (3 + 4)
7 (4 + 3)
8 (3 + 5)
9 (4 + 5)
10 (5 + 5)
Prostatitis
Atrophy
Benign hyperplasia
High-grade PIN
Previous biopsy
Follow-up carcinoma (ReDX)


NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
43 (61%)
20 (29%)
28 (40%)
2 (3%)
11 (16%)
1


28 (40%)
27 (39%)
3 (4%)
7 (10%)
4 (6%)
1 (1%)
12 (17%)
18 (26%)
6 (9%)
3 (4%)
3 (4%)
NA
Tumor risk groups
Gleason score
Low grade GS = 6 NA 28 (40%)
Significant GS ≥ 7 NA 42 (60%)

NA: not applicable; ReDX: patient originally in the non-cancer cohort re-diagnosed as a PCa patient.