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. 2021 Jul 9;11:14240. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-93637-3

Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate regression analyses to identify predictors of clinically significant prostate cancer (vs. benign disease + clinically insignificant prostate cancer) at the standard 12-core TRUS-Bx.

Univariate p-value Multivariate p-value
OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
All patients
Age 1.100 (1.0801.120)  < 0.001 1.102 (1.0741.130)  < 0.001
BMI 0.960 (0.9230.999) 0.046 1.023 (0.9611.090) 0.469
Presence of DM 1.462 (1.0931.955) 0.010 1.537 (1.0132.331) 0.043
Abnormal DRE findings 3.738 (2.8454.913)  < 0.001 1.891 (1.2412.883) 0.003
Serum PSA 1.050 (1.0411.060)  < 0.001 1.050 (1.0381.062)  < 0.001
Serum testosterone 0.864 (0.7970.938)  < 0.001 0.936 (0.8481.033) 0.190
Total prostate volume 0.975 (0.9680.982)  < 0.001 0.948 (0.9370.960)  < 0.001
Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio 0.600 (0.1093.296) 0.557 0.094 (0.003–2.900) 0.176
Patients with PSA < 10
Age 1.075 (1.0441.107)  < 0.001 1.081 (1.0421.122) 0.001
BMI 0.970 (0.909–1.036) 0.371 1.021 (0.929–1.123) 0.662
Presence of DM 1.751 (1.106–2.771) 0.017 1.972 (1.078–3.608) 0.027
Abnormal DRE findings 2.293 (1.408–3.734) 0.001 1.527 (0.762–3.060) 0.233
Serum PSA 1.238 (1.1261.362)  < 0.001 1.313 (1.1621.485)  < 0.001
Serum testosterone 1.003 (0.881–1.141) 0.967 1.054 (0.918–1.210) 0.454
Total prostate volume 0.945 (0.929–0.962)  < 0.001 0.934 (0.915–0.954)  < 0.001
Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio 0.077 (0.0017.058) 0.266 0.085 (0.000–22.774) 0.387
Patients with 10 < PSA ≤ 20
Age 1.076 (1.0391.116)  < 0.001 1.148 (1.081.214)  < 0.001
BMI 0.983 (0.901–1.072) 0.696 1.101 (0.965–1.256) 0.152
Presence of DM 0.868 (0.459–1.641) 0.663 0.716 (0.291–1.757) 0.465
Abnormal DRE findings 2.021 (1.153–3.542) 0.014 1.695 (0.737–3.900) 0.214
Serum PSA 1.055 (0.9721.145) 0.197 1.112 (0.9811.259) 0.096
Serum testosterone 0.724 (0.594–0.882) 0.001 0.761 (0.602–0.961) 0.022
Total prostate volume 0.945 (0.928–0.962)  < 0.001 0.929 (0.906–0.952)  < 0.001
Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio 0.295 (0.00613.600) 0.532 0.178 (0.000–112.526) 0.600
Patients with PSA > 20
Age 1.054 (1.016–1.094) 0.005 1.081 (1.023–1.143) 0.006
BMI 0.985 (0.907–1.071) 0.727 1.016 (0.877–1.177) 0.830
Presence of DM 1.441 (0.714–2.909) 0.308 2.359 (0.741–7.512) 0.146
Abnormal DRE findings 3.918 (2.030–7.562)  < 0.001 3.325 (1.257–8.795) 0.015
Serum PSA 1.016 (1.008–1.025)  < 0.001 1.009 (1.002–1.016) 0.016
Serum testosterone 0.828 (0.694–0.988) 0.036 0.848 (0.676–1.065) 0.157
Total prostate volume 0.976 (0.965–0.988)  < 0.001 0.963 (0.945–0.982)  < 0.001
Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio 0.036 (0.000–4.570) 0.178 0.004 (0.000–4.641) 0.123

TRUS-Bx transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy, OR odds ratio, BMI body mass index, DM diabetes mellitus, PSA prostate-specific antigen, DRE digital rectal examination.