Pretreatment Serum Cystatin C Levels Predict Renal Function, but Not Tumor Characteristics, in Patients with Prostate Neoplasia

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients with prostate neoplasia.

Characteristics	BPH	PIN	PCa	P value
Patients ()
Age (y)
Cys-C (mg/L)
SCr (, %)
≤115 μmol/L
>115 μmol/L

BPH: benign prostatic hyperplasia; PIN: prostate intraepithelial neoplasia; PCa: prostate cancer; Cys-C: cystatin C; SCr: serum creatinine; : one-way ANOVA test; : Kruskal-Wallis H test; : Pearson test.