Research Article
Higher Prostate Weight Is Inversely Associated with Gleason Score Upgrading in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens
Table 2
Univariate logistic regression analysis to preoperatively predict Gleason discordance.
| Variable | Categories | value | Odds ratio | CI 95% OR |
| Race | White* | — | 1.00 | — | Black | 0.281 | 1.38 | 0.77–2.49 | Age | Years | 0.049 | 1.035 | 1.001–1.070 | Clinical stage | T1c* | — | 1.00 | — | T2a | 0.030 | 1.79 | 1.06–3.03 | T2b | 0.438 | 0.75 | 0.37–1.55 | T2c | 0.128 | 5.11 | 0.62–41.81 | Clinical stage (T1c × T2) | T1c* | — | 1.00 | — | T2 | 0.092 | 1.49 | 0.94–2.37 | PSA | ng/dL | <0.001 | 1.080 | 1.032–1.130 | PSA (> or <10 ng/ml) | <10 ng/mL* | — | 1.00 | — | >10 ng/mL | <0.001 | 2.48 | 1.50–4.11 | Prostate weight | g | 0.005 | 0.984 | 0.973–0.995 | PSA density | 0.1 unity | <0.001 | 1.713 | 1.394–2.104 | Biopsy Gleason score | ≤6* | — | 1.00 | — | 7 | <0.001 | 19.13 | 7.50–48.80 |
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*Categories of reference; CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio.
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