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Table 1: Demographic data of patients.

Group 1 Group 2 Number of patients 360 121 Mean age (years) 64.6 (29–88) 65.7 (31–96) Average PSA (ng/mL) 6.45 7.34 Prostate cancer diagnosis 104 (29%) 30 (25%) Infective ${\text{complications}}^{*}$ 1 8  Sepsis 0 2  Fever without sepsis 1 6 Noninfective ${\text{complications}}^{†}$ 29 22  Hematuria 17 13  Rectal bleeding 5 4  Perineal pain 7 5

${}^{*}P=.001;\hspace{0.17em}{}^{†}P=.391$.