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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of prostate cancer patients according to PNI

From: Pretreatment elevated prognostic nutritional index predicts a favorable prognosis in patients with prostate cancer

Parameters

PNI

P-value

< 50.2 (n = 146 52.14%) ≥50.2 (n = 134 47.86%)

Age (median, interquartile range), years

77 (72–81)

75 (64–78)

< 0.001

PSA (median, interquartile range), μg/L

100.00 (35.5–216.00)

76.04 (26.60–135.61)

0.171

Gleason Score(≤7/> 7)

66/80

72/62

0.154

Metastasis (no/yes)

72/74

77/57

0.172

Risk Stratification (lowintermediate/high)

13/133

14/120

0.662

  1. Abbreviations: PSA Prostate-specific antigen; PNI Prognostic nutritional index