Table 1 Characteristics of the patient cohort in the first stage of the study

Number of patients

458

(41.49)

646

(58.51)

Age

70.8 ± 6.9

67.4 ± 8.4

<0.001

PSA

120.4 ± 15.0

13.7 ± 18.0

<0.001

PV

41.2 ± 24.4

48.2 ± 27.6

<0.001

PSAD

2.9 ± 13.5

0.3 ± 0.4

<0.001

f/t

0.12 ± 0.07

0.16 ± 0.10

<0.001

DRE findings

<0.001

neg^*

234

(28.6)

585

(71.4)

pos^*

224

(78.6)

61

(21.4)

Hypoechoic^#

<0.001

neg^*

307

(37.2)

518

(62.8)

pos^*

151

(54.1)

128

(45.9)

Microcalcification^#

0.592

neg*

319

(40.9)

460

(59.1)

pos*

139

(42.8)

186

(57.2)