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Table 2 Cox regression analyses of PSA cut-offs at particular postoperative measurement day as a predictor of BCR

From: The use of early postoperative prostate-specific antigen to stratify risk in patients with positive surgical margins after radical prostatectomy

Parameters

Hazard ratio

p value

PSA – day 14 (0.707 ng/ml)

2.60 (1.24-5.56)

0.133

PSA – day 30 (0.073 ng/ml)

4.35 (2.39-8.06)

<0.001

PSA – day 60 (0.041 ng/ml)

9.59 (5.15-17.95)

<0.001

PSA – day 90 (0.012 ng/ml)

12.34 (4.98-41.09)

<0.001

PSA – day 180 (0.021 ng/ml)

12.85 (6.29-29.82)

<0.001

  1. BCR, biochemical recurrence; PSA, prostate specific antigen; PSM, positive surgical margins.
  2. Data presented as PSA-measurement day (cut-off value) and hazard ratio (95% confidence interval).