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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: High testosterone levels in prostate tissue obtained by needle biopsy correlate with poor-prognosis factors in prostate cancer patients

No. patients

196

Age, years (mean, SD)

70.6 (7.334)

PSA, ng/mL (median, 95% CI)

11.5 (32.43–82.73)

Prostate volume, cm3 (median, 95% CI)

27.7 (29.83–34.91)

Gleason score ≤7, ≥8 (%)

130 (67.4), 63 (32.6)

Clinical stage ≤ III, ≥IV (%)

166 (86.0), 27 (14.0)

% Positive core <30%, ≥30% (%)

143 (74.1), 50 (25.9)

  1. SD: Standard deviation; PSA: Prostate-specific antigen; CI: Confidence interval.
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BMC Cancer

ISSN: 1471-2407

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