Table 1 Clinical characteristics of Finnish prostate cancer patients.

From: Novel prostate cancer susceptibility gene SP6 predisposes patients to aggressive disease

Total PrCa sample size

n = 2738 (%)

Age at diagnosis (years)

 ≤55, young onset

106 (3.90)

 >55

2632 (96.1)

Diagnostic PSA level, ng/mL

 Low, ≤20

2099 (76.7)

 High, >20

484 (17.3)

 Missing data

155 (5.66)

Gleason score

 Low, ≤6

1320 (48.2)

 High, ≥8

368 (13.4)

 Gleason 7

685 (25.0)

 Missing data

365 (13.3)

T stage

 T0/Tx

13 (0.48)

 T1

1105 (40.4)

 T2

972 (35.5)

 T3

443 (16.2)

 T4

97 (3.54)

 Missing data

108 (3.95)

N stage

 N0/Nx

2616 (95.5)

 N1

14 (0.51)

 Missing data

108 (3.95)

M stage

 M0/Mx

2439 (89.1)

 M1

191 (6.98)

 Missing data

108 (3.95)

PSA progression

 Progressed

960 (35.1)

 Missing data

1778 (65.0)

Vital status

 Deceased of PrCa

298 (10.9)

 Deceased of else

928 (33.9)

 Alive

1512 (55.2)

Aggressive PC

 Yesa

1019 (55.9)

 Nob

804 (44.1)

  1. aAggressive prostate cancer is defined as PSA at diagnosis >20 ng/mL or Gleason Score ≥8 or T3/T4 or N1 or M1 or PCM.
  2. bNon-aggressive prostate cancer is defined as PSA at diagnosis ≤20 ng/mL and Gleason Score ≤6 and not T3/T4 and not N1 and not M1 and not PC.