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Table 1 Clinical Characteristics of all patients included in the Irish prostate cancer risk calculator study cohort

From: A risk calculator to inform the need for a prostate biopsy: a rapid access clinic cohort

 

All patients (n = 4801)

PCa patients (n = 2548)

PCa

No PCa

P-value

High grade PCa

Low grade PCa

P-value

Patients

2548 (53%)

2253 (47%)

 

1579 (62%)

969 (38%)

 

Median Age (mean)

64.37 (63.70)

63.00 (62.28)

< 0.001 (< 0.001)

65.00 (64.40)

63.01 (62.57)

< 0.001 (< 0.001)

Family history of PCa

 Yes

182 (7%)

128 (6%)

< 0.001

114 (7%)

68 (7%)

0.173

 Not recorded

1919 (75%)

1624 (72%)

 

1171 (74%)

748 (77%)

 

 No

447 (18%)

501 (22%)

 

294 (19%)

153 (16%)

 

Median PSA (mean)

7.18 (18.87)

6.30 (7.31)

< 0.001 (< 0.001)

8.02 (26.04)

6.20 (7.17)

< 0.001 (< 0.001)

DRE

 Normal

1097 (43%)

1283 (57%)

< 0.001

555 (35%)

542 (56%)

< 0.001

 Not recorded

359 (14%)

506 (22%)

 

210 (13%)

149 (15%)

 

 Abnormal

1092 (43%)

464 (21%)

 

814 (52%)

278 (29%)

 

Previous negative biopsy

 Yes

354 (14%)

68 (20%)

< 0.001

152 (10%)

202 (21%)

< 0.001

 No

2194 (86%)

1810 (80%)

 

1427 (90%)

767 (79%)

 

Gleason Score

 Gleason 6

969 (38%)

   

969 (100%)

 

 Gleason 7

1058 (42%)

  

1058 (67%)

  

 Gleason 8

301 (12%)

  

301 (19%)

  

 Gleason 9

201 (8%)

  

201 (13%)

  

 Gleason 10

19 (< 1%)

  

19 (1%)