Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 5-ARI and non-5-ARI groups in the total cohort.

From: The effect of 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor therapy on prostate cancer detection in the era of multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging

N (%) or Median (IQR)

Non-5-ARI group (N = 626)

5-ARI group (N = 80)

P

Age

65.0 (58.0–71.0)

69.0 (63.0–73.0)

<0.001

BMI

24.5 (22.9–26.1)

25.0 (22.6–26.5)

0.664

Pre-biopsy PSA

7.23 (4.91–11.05)

5.56 (3.92–11.50)

0.734

Pre-biopsy PSA (doubling)

7.23 (4.91–11.05)

11.12 (7.84–22.99)

0.546

Prostate volume, total

38.7 (28.5–51.1)

41.0 (27.0–57.0)

0.278

PSA density

0.18 (0.12–0.31)

0.13 (0.09–0.32)

0.084

PI-RADSv2 category

  

0.083

   ≤2

151 (24.2%)

22 (27.5%)

 

   3

216 (34.5%)

30 (37.5%)

 

   ≥4

259 (41.4%)

28 (35.1%)

 

Number of biopsy cores (Mean ± SD)

14.2 ± 0.7

14.3 ± 0.8

0.492

Pathologic outcomes

Total group

N = 626

N = 80

 

All cancer

228 (36.4%)

29 (36.3%)

0.976

Clinically significant cancer*

152 (24.3%)

23 (28.8%)

0.169

MRI-positive group**

N = 475 (75.9%)

N = 58 (72.5%)

0.493

All cancer

184 (38.7%)

23 (39.7%)

0.888

Clinically significant cancer*

137 (28.8%)

21 (36.2%)

0.074

Duration of medication (years)

   Median (IQR)

3.0 (2.0–5.0)

 

   1–3, N (%)

45 (56.3%)

 

   ≥3, N (%)

35 (43.7%)

 

   ≥5, N (%)

20 (25.0%)

 
  1. 5-ARI, 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor; BMI, body mass index; IQR, interquartile range; PI-RADSv2, Prostate Imaging–Reporting and Data System version 2; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; SD, standard deviation.
  2. *GS ≥ 3 + 4.
  3. **PI-RADSv2 category ≥ 3, who received targeted biopsy.