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Table 1 Characteristics of patients assessed

From: A high serum dehydroepiandrosterone concentration is a predictor of candidates for active surveillance in men with serum prostate-specific antigen < 10 ng/mL

Median (range)

Overall (n = 203)

Patients with BPH or GGG 1–2 prostate cancer

Patients with GGG 3–5 prostate cancer

p-value

(n = 178, 87.7%)

(n = 25, 12.3%)

Median age (range), years

68 (47–81)

67 (47–81)

72 (53–80)

0.004

Median PSA (range), ng/mL

5.5 (1.5–9.9)

5.5 (1.5–9.9)

6.4 (2.7–9.6)

0.027

Median DHEA (range), pg/mL

1654.7 (419.4–8989.3)

1704.3 (419.4–8989.3)

1334.6 (457.4–3563.4)

0.040

Median prostate volume (range), mL

31.2 (8.4–102.3)

31.4 (8.4–102.3)

25.3 (11.5–58.0)

0.035

  1. BPH Benign prostatic hypertrophy, PSA Prostate-specific antigen, DHEA Dehydroepiandrosterone, GS Gleason scores