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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of prostate cancer patients

From: Tumor characteristics, treatments, and survival outcomes in prostate cancer patients with a PSA level < 4 ng/ml: a population-based study

Features

PSA

P value

< 4

4–10

10–20

> 20

Age

  < 65

13,817 (57.4)

63,034 (49.8)

12,405 (38.7)

8629 (37.3)

< 0.001

  ≥ 65

10,237 (42.6)

63,629 (50.2)

19,680 (61.3)

14,482 (62.7)

 

Married status

 Married

16,661 (69.3)

84,764 (66.9)

19,799 (61.7)

12,530 (54.2)

< 0.001

 Unmarried

4388 (18.2)

25,624 (20.2)

8142 (25.4)

7540 (32.6)

 

 Unknown

3005 (12.5)

16,275 (12.8)

4144 (12.9)

3041 (13.2)

 

Insurance

 Insured

21,608 (89.8)

114,316 (90.3)

28,918 (90.1)

20,417 (88.3)

< 0.001

 Uninsured

210 (0.9)

1578 (1.2)

606 (1.9)

830 (3.6)

 

 Unknown

2236 (9.3)

10,769 (8.5)

2561 (8.0)

1864 (8.1)

 

Race

 Caucasian

19,460 (80.9)

96,796 (76.4)

23,140 (72.1)

15,639 (67.7)

< 0.001

 African-American

3066 (12.7)

19,717 (15.6)

5875 (18.3)

5309 (23.0)

 

 Other

801 (3.3)

6578 (5.2)

2210 (6.9)

1619 (7.0)

 

 Unknown

727 (3.0)

3572 (2.8)

860 (2.7)

544 (2.4)

 

T stage

 T1

8243 (34.3)

56,428 (44.5)

14,252 (44.4)

8916 (38.6)

< 0.001

 T2

13,705 (57.0)

56,084 (44.3)

11,943 (37.2)

7968 (34.5)

 

 T3

1803 (7.5)

12,825 (10.1)

5305 (16.5)

4234 (18.3)

 

 T4

74 (0.3)

270 (0.2)

247 (0.8)

1158 (5.0)

 

 Unknown

229 (1.0)

1056 (0.8)

338 (1.1)

835 (3.6)

 

N stage

 N0

23,083 (96.0)

121,322 (95.8)

29,675 (92.5)

17,942 (77.6)

< 0.001

 N1

266 (1.1)

1565 (1.2)

1287 (4.0)

3374 (14.6)

 

 Unknown

705 (2.9)

3776 (3.0)

1123 (3.5)

1795 (7.8)

 

M stage

 M0

23,847 (99.1)

125,996 (99.5)

31,213 (97.3)

16,996 (73.5)

< 0.001

 M1

207 (0.9)

667 (0.5)

872 (2.7)

6115 (26.5)

 

Gleason grade

 1

13,865 (57.6)

58,851 (46.5)

9635 (30.0)

2548 (11.0)

< 0.001

 2

6020 (25.0)

37,375 (29.5)

8660 (27.0)

3712 (16.1)

 

 3

1922 (8.0)

15,144 (12.0)

5403 (16.8)

3649 (15.8)

 

 4

1261 (5.2)

9783 (7.7)

4604 (14.3)

5401 (23.4)

 

 5

986 (4.1)

5510 (4.4)

3783 (11.8)

7801 (33.8)

 
  1. Abbreviations: PSA, prostate-specific antigen