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Table 1 Characteristic of the study population

From: Photodynamic diagnosis of shed prostate cancer cells in voided urine treated with 5-aminolevulinic acid

 

Males with positive biopsy (n = 81)

Males with negative biopsy (n = 57)

 

Total (n = 138)

 

Median (range)

Median (range)

p-value

Median (range)

Age (years)

72 (51-86)

67 (55-81)

0.002

70 (51-86)

PSA (ng/ml)

9.7 (3.8-690)

7.4 (1.4-24.1)

0.002

8.3 (1.4-690)

Free PSA (ng/ml)

1.5 (0.46-95)

1.2 (0.15-3.3)

0.008

1.4 (0.15-95)

%fPSA (%)

15 (3-38)

17 (2-39)

0.679

15 (3-39)

PV (cm3)

28.7 (11.5-95.2)

34.0 (16.2-111)

0.002

30.4 (11.5-111)

TZV (cm3)

13.3 (3.7-45)

16.9 (2.9-78)

0.04

15.2 (2.9-78)

PSAD (ng/ml/cm3)

0.39 (0.07-46.6)

0.20 (0.06-1.0)

<0.001

0.27 (0.06-46.6)

  1. Abbreviation: SD standard deviation, PSA prostate-specific antigen, %fPSA percent-free PSA, PV prostate volume, TZV transition zone volume, PSAD PSA density.