Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients.

From: The Prostate Health Index aids multi-parametric MRI in diagnosing significant prostate cancer

 

Total (n = 164)

No cancer (n = 70)

Cancer (n = 94)

P value

csPCa (n = 68)

Others* (n = 96)

P value

Age, years old

67.0 (62.0–71.0)

66.0 (59.0–69.0)

69.0 (63.8–74.0)

 < 0.001

69.0 (63.3–74.8)

66.0 (60.5–69.0)

 < 0.001

PNB, N (%)

46.0 (28.0)

29.0 (41.4)

17.0 (18.1)

0.001

10.0 (14.7)

36.0 (37.5)

0.001

Abnormal DRE, N (%)

49.0 (32.5)

6.0 (9.4)

43.0 (49.4)

 < 0.001

36.0 (52.9)

13.0 (13.5)

 < 0.001

Prostate volume, ml

53.2 (41.0–69.4)

64.9 (43.6–80.3)

48.5 (37.1–61.6)

 < 0.001

46.8 (36.9–61.8)

56.8 (43.2–77.1)

0.005

PSAD, ng/ml2

0.16 (0.10–0.24)

0.13 (0.08–0.18)

0.20 (0.13–0.32)

 < 0.001

0.20 (0.13–0.41)

0.14 (0.09–0.21)

 < 0.001

tPSA, ng/ml

9.05 (6.12–12.58)

8.39 (4.83–12.40)

9.08 (6.80–13.43)

0.062

9.05 (7.37–15.05)

9.02 (5.17–11.96)

0.020

%fPSA

0.15 (0.11–0.21)

0.18 (0.13–0.24)

0.13 (0.10–0.18)

 < 0.001

0.12 (0.10–0.17)

0.17 (0.12–0.23)

0.001

p2PSA, pg/ml

20.23 (14.35–30.95)

16.17 (11.18–23.66)

22.85 (16.18–38.66)

 < 0.001

25.74 (16.28–47.08)

16.69 (12.50–24.00)

 < 0.001

%p2PSA

1.60 (1.29–2.09)

1.39 (1.05–1.70)

1.79 (1.46–2.22)

 < 0.001

1.94 (1.57–2.49)

1.41 (1.11–1.76)

 < 0.001

PHI

44.87 (36.05–61.79)

37.70 (29.70–45.12)

54.62 (41.63–75.71)

 < 0.001

58.26 (47.46–94.34)

38.92 (31.81–45.38)

 < 0.001

  1. All values given as median (IQR) and number (%).
  2. csPCa, clinically significant prostate cancer; PNB, previous negative biopsy; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; PSAD, PSA density; tPSA, total PSA; fPSA, free PSA; %fPSA, fPSA to tPSA ratio; p2PSA, [-2]pro PSA; %p2PSA, p2PSA to fPSA ratio; PHI, Prostate Health Index.
  3. Others*: no cancer + Gleason sum 6 prostate cancer.