Table 1 Patient characteristics and biopsy parameters
Biopsy groups | Overall | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Image-guided | Systematic | |||
No. of patients (%) | 77 (46.7) | 88 (53.3) | 165 | |
Median age at operation (IQR) | 71 (8) | 69 (9) | 70 (9) | 0.127 |
Median PSA (ng/ml), (IQR) | 8 (5.1) | 7.9 (6.1) | 8 (6) | 0.825 |
Median prostate volume (ml), (IQR) | 42 (24) | 40 (29) | 40 (27) | 0.528 |
Mean No. of cores/biopsy, (± SD) | 13.7 (± 1.1) | 12.1 (± 4.6) | 12.8 (± 3.5) | < 0.001* |
Mean Biopsy density (core/ml) (± SD) | 0.342 (± 0.19) | 0.320 (± 0.19) | 0.334 (0.17) | 0.066 |