Research Article

Prostatic Acid Phosphatase (PAP) Predicts Prostate Cancer Progress in a Population-Based Study: The Renewal of PAP?

Table 1

Incidence proportion and median of patients with PAP-positive (PAP+) and PAP-negative (PAP-).

PAP+ median (IQR)No. (%) 5184, 100PAP- median (IQR)No. (%) 3161, 100Total value

Age at diagnosis (y)
 30-5048 (45-50)161, 3.1148 (46-50)131, 4.142920.365
 51-7063 (58-67)2857, 55.1163 (58-67)1927, 60.9647840.968
 71-8576 (73-79)1972, 38.0476 (73-78)1037, 32.8130090.025
 ≥8688.5 (87-91)194, 3.7488 (87-90)66, 2.092600.071
 Total5184, 1003161, 100
Race
 WhiteNA3838, 74.73NA2371, 75.416209NA
 BlackNA1021, 19.88NA452, 14.381473
 AsianNA259,5.04NA304,9.67563
 American IndianNA18, 0.35NA17, 0.5435
 TotalNA5136, 100NA3144, 1008280
NA1362, 42.30NA791, 38.4421530.03
NA1229, 38.17NA855,41.552084
NA440,13.66NA297,14.43737
NA189, 5.87NA115,5.9304
 TotalNA3220, 100NA2058, 1005278
NA3804, 98.81NA2605, 99.0964090.005
NA46, 1.19NA24, 0.9138
 TotalNA3850, 100NA2629, 1006479
NA4450, 89.07NA2974, 95.947424<0.001
NA546, 10.93NA126,4.6672
 TotalNA4996, 100NA3100, 1008096
Invasion
 No invasionNA4185, 3.92NA2878, 92.877063<0.001
 Invasion beyond capsuleNA242,4.85NA94, 3.03336
 Distant metastasisNA560, 11.23NA127, 4.10687
 TotalNA4987,100NA3099, 1008086
Grade
 1NA174,3.66NA143,4.66317
 2NA3052, 64.23NA2197, 71.565249<0.001
 3NA1498, 31.52NA711,23.162209
 4NA28, 0.59NA19, 0.6247
 TotalNA4752, 100NA3070, 1007822
Number of localized tumors1.0 (1.0-1.0)5184,1001.0 (1.0-2.0)3161, 1008345<0.001
Survival months (all-cause)134.0 (63.0-161.0)4761, 100143.0 (88.0-166.0)2821, 1007582<0.001
Survival months (prostate cancer-specific)47.00 (16.00-90.00)963, 10093.00 (52.75-132.00)962, 1001925<0.001
Survival months (postsurgical)144.0 (95.0-168.0)1642, 100152.0 (125.8-172.0)1118, 1002760<0.001

To value the PAP+/- ratio of each subgroups, the total effective patient number of each group is calculated. As the data were measurement data and ranked data, the Mann-Whitney Sum test was utilized. Abbreviations: + denotes positive; − denotes negative; PAP: prostatic acid phosphatase; TNM: tumor-node-metastasis; No.: number; %: percent; ; .