Table 1 Clinical characteristics of study cohorts.

From: Genetic variants in ultraconserved regions associate with prostate cancer recurrence and survival

Characteristic

Discovery

Replication

Combined

P a

Localized prostate cancer cohort

 Patients, n

246

212

458

 

 Age at diagnosis

   

0.149

Median, y (IQR)

65 (61–69)

68 (62–71)

66 (61–70)

 

 PSA at diagnosis

   

<0.001

Median, ng/mL (IQR)

10.1 (6.7–15.8)

12.6 (7.6–19.8)

11.1 (7.1–17.5)

 

≤20

192 (81.7)

155 (76.0)

347 (79.0)

 

>20

43 (18.3)

49 (24.0)

92 (21.0)

 

 Pathologic Gleason score, n (%)

   

<0.001

≤7

217 (89.7)

175 (82.9)

392 (86.5)

 

>7

25 (10.3)

36 (17.1)

61 (13.5)

 

 Pathologic stage, n (%)

   

<0.001

T1/T2

173 (72.4)

130 (61.3)

303 (67.2)

 

T3/T4/N1

66 (27.6)

82 (38.7)

148 (32.8)

 

 BCR

75 (30.5)

109 (51.4)

184 (40.2)

 

 Median follow-up time b , mo (95% CI)

50 (45–55)

60 (56–64)

54 (50–58)

 

Advanced prostate cancer cohort

 Characteristic

 

P c

  

 Patients, n

504

   

 Age at diagnosis

 

0.904

  

Median, y (IQR)

73 (66–79)

   

≤72

250 (49.6)

   

>72

254 (50.4)

   

 PSA at ADT initiation

 

<0.001

  

Median, ng/mL (IQR)

33.8 (9.3–133.3)

   

 Biopsy Gleason score at diagnosis, n (%)

 

<0.001

  

<7

139 (28.3)

   

7

173 (35.2)

   

>7

180 (36.6)

   

 Clinical stage at diagnosis, n (%)

 

<0.001

  

M0

308 (61.4)

   

M1

194 (38.6)

   

 PSA nadir

 

<0.001

  

Median, ng/mL (IQR)

0.14 (0.01–1.06)

   

<0.2

275 (54.8)

   

≥0.2

227 (45.2)

   

 Time to PSA nadir

 

<0.001

  

Median, mo (IQR)

10 (5–20)

   

 Treatment modality

 

0.002

  

ADT as primary treatment

254 (50.5)

   

ADT for post RP PSA failure

73 (14.5)

   

ADT for post RT PSA failure

12 (2.4)

   

Neoadjuvant/adjuvant ADT with RT

122 (24.3)

   

Others

42 (8.3)

   

 PCSM

94 (18.7)

   

 Median follow-up timeb, mo (95% CI)

60 (57–63)

   
  1. Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; BCR, biochemical recurrence; CI, confidence interval; ADT, androgen deprivation therapy; RP, radical prostatectomy; RT, radiation therapy; PCSM, prostate cancer-specific mortality.
  2. aP value was calculated by the log-rank test or Cox regression for BCR in combined 458 localized prostate cancer patients.
  3. bMedian follow-up time and 95% CIs were estimated with the reverse Kaplan-Meier method.
  4. cP value was calculated by the log-rank test or Cox regression for PCSM in advanced prostate cancer patients.