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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Benefit and harm of lymphadenectomy in intermediate risk prostate cancer: comparison of five nomograms

Variable

 

µ (95%CI)/n (%)

Age (years)

 

62.2 (61.5; 62.9)

PSA (ng/mL)

 

7.2 (6.8; 7.6)

Lymph node invasion

 

18 (5.8)

Clinical tumor stage

1

257 (83.2)

 

2

52 (16.8)

Preoperative Gleason score

3 + 3

11 (3.6)

 

3 + 4

161 (52.1)

 

4 + 3

137 (44.3)

Postoperative Gleason score

3 + 3

13 (4.2)

 

3 + 4

70 (22.7)

 

4 + 3

157 (50.1)

 

4 + 4

25 (8.1)

 

4 + 5

10 (3.2)

Positive core biopsies (n = 309)

 

4.3 (3.9; 4.6)

Negative core biopsies (n = 309)

 

6.8 (6.3; 7.3)

Pathologic tumor stage

2

210 (68.0)

 

3

96 (31.1)

Number of dissected lymph nodes

 

14.8 (14.3; 15.3)

Surgical margin tumor positive

 

102 (33.0)

Clavien-Dindo complication grade

≤ 2

221 (71.5)

 

3

83 (26.9)

 

4

4 (1.3)

 

5

1 (0.3)

  1. Numbers are mean (95% confidence interval), or absolute (relative) frequency