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Table 1 The study population characteristics

From: Serum antibodies against genitourinary infectious agents in prostate cancer and benign prostate hyperplasia patients: a case-control study

 

Patient group

 

PCa

BPH

Total number of patients

329 patients

105 patients

Mean age (years)

64 (39-81)

72 (54-87)

<60

76 (23.1%)

7 (6.7%)

60-69

191 (58.1%)

33 (31.4%)

70-79

61 (18.5%)

43 (41.0%)

>79

1 (0.3%)

22 (21.0%)

Mean PSA (ng/mL)

9.0 (0.8-35.4)

7.5 (0.9-39.0)

0-4.0

37 (11.5%)

25 (33.8%)

4.1-10.0

176 (54.8%)

35 (47.3%)

10.1-20.0

94 (29.3%)

9 (12.2%)

>20.0

14 (4.4%)

5 (6.7%)

  1. Overall demographic and clinical characteristics of the studied population. PCa prostate cancer, BPH benign prostate hyperplasia, PSA prostate specific antigen
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