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Table 1 Baseline clinical, biochemical and pathological features of the cohort

From: Changes in the outcome of prostate biopsies after preventive task force recommendation against prostate-specific antigen screening

Parameters

Value

Clinical:

 Cohort total number of patients:

1425

 Age at diagnosis, years, mean (SD):

68.6 (8.72)

Age categories, n (%)

 - < 50 years

8 (0.6%)

 - 50–74 years

861 (60.4%)

 - ≥75 years

556 (39%)

 Baseline prostate volume (ml3), median [IQR]:

36.4 [27–49.8]

Clinical stage: n (%)

 - T1-2a

859 (60.3%)

 - T2b

355 (24.9%)

 - T2c-3a

211 (14.8%)

Biochemical:

 Baseline PSA (ng/ml), median [IQR]

7.55 [5.4–12]

PSA categories, ng/ml, n (%)

 - ≤ 4:

113 (7.9%)

 - 4.1–10:

835 (58.6%)

 - 10.1–20:

293 (20.6%)

 - > 20

184 (12.9%)

 PSA density (ng/ml/ml3), median [IQR]

0.21 [0.13–0.36]

Pathological:

 Gleason score, n (%)

  - Gleason ≤6:

566 (39.7%)

  - Gleason 7:

473 (33.2%)

  - Gleason 8:

194 (13.6%)

  - Gleason 9:

168 (11.8%)

  - Gleason 10:

24 (1.7%)

 D’Amico risk classification, n (%)

  - Low:

477 (33.4%)

  - Intermediate:

503 (35.3%)

  - High

445 (31.2%)

  1. SD Standard Deviation, IQR Inter Quartile Range, n (%): Number of patients (Percentage)