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. 2021 Mar 3;11:5040. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84507-z

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of individuals included in the study at baseline.

Healthy
N = 34
Localized
N = 112
mCRPC
N = 122
Age (years)
Median ± IQR 60 ± 17 65 ± 10 71 ± 9
Range 41–74 43–78 47–91
Pathologic Gleason*
6 6
7 75
8–10 30
Pathologic stage
Organ confined (pT2) 46
Not organ confined (pT3, pT4) 66
Extraprostatic extension (pT3a) 43
Seminal vesicle invasion (pT3b) 15
Lymph node involvement (N1) 17
PSA (ng/mL)
Median ± IQR 6.9 ± 7.4 50.8 ± 128
Range 1.21–70.0 0–3007
cfDNA concentration (ng/mL)
Median ± IQR 7.9 ± 4.0 6.7 ± 5.8 13.8 ± 28.1
Range 0.29–16.9 1.22–53.9 1–1380
cfDNA fragment size (bp)
Median ± IQR 177.5 ± 29.5 173 ± 6
Range 142–265 135–280

*One man with unknown data in the cohort.

Concentration data collected on a subset of individuals (31 healthy, 45 localized, and 122 mCRPC).