Table 2 Predictive value of single features in the training cohort for GG ≥ 2 prostate cancer

From: Development of an effective predictive screening tool for prostate cancer using the ClarityDX machine learning platform

 

Predicting grade group ≥ 2 prostate cancer

 

GG ≤ 1 PCa

GG ≥ 2 PCa

p-value

ROC AUC (CI)

Patients, n

1270 (58%)

921 (42%)

  

African American, n (%)

31 (2.4%)

35 (3.8%)

0.076

0.51 (0.50 - 0.51)

Asian, n (%)

93 (7.3%)

48 (5.2%)

0.052

0.51 (0.50 - 0.52)

Hispanic, n (%)

12 (0.94%)

9 (0.98%)

1.0

0.50 (0.50 - 0.50)

Native American, n (%)

1 (0.079%)

1 (0.11%)

1.0

0.50 (0.50 - 0.50)

White, n (%)

923 (73%)

651 (71%)

0.29

0.51 (0.49 - 0.53)

Family history PCa, n (%)

281 (22%)

178 (19%)

0.29

0.51 (0.49 - 0.53)

Prior negative biopsy, n (%)

428 (34%)

183 (20%)

<0.0001

0.57 (0.55 - 0.59)

Number of prior negative biopsies, mean (SD)

0.45 (0.73)

0.26 (0.56)

<0.0001

0.57 (0.55 - 0.59)

DRE, n (% abnormal)

136 (11%)

265 (29%)

<0.0001

0.58 (0.56 - 0.60)

Age, yr, median (IQR)

63 (58 - 68)

66 (61 - 71)

<0.0001

0.60 (0.58 - 0.63)

PSA, ng/ml, median (IQR)

6.2 (4.6 - 8.5)

7.7 (5.5 - 11)

<0.0001

0.63 (0.61 - 0.65)

Free PSA, ng/ml, median (IQR)

1.0 (0.70 - 1.5)

0.95 (0.66 - 1.5)

0.19

0.52 (0.49 - 0.54)

% Free PSA, median (IQR)

17 (13 - 22)

12 (9.0 - 17)

<0.0001

0.69 (0.67 - 0.71)

  1. GG Grade group, PCa Prostate cancer, ROC AUC Receiver operating characteristic area under the curve, CI Confidence interval (95%), DRE Digital rectal exam, IQR Interquartile range, PSA Prostate-specific antigen.
  2. Bold values are statistically significant.