Research Article
Waiting Times for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis in a Nigerian Population
Table 2
Waiting times based on patient histology.
| | Parameter | | Benign
| Malignant
| value |
| 1 | Age (years) | | | | 0.003 | Median (IQR) | 68.00 (8.75) | 71.00 (13.00) | 0.043 | 2 | PSA (ng/ml) | | | | 0.000 | Median (IQR) | 18.50 (24.70) | 140.00 (693.00) | 0.000 | 3 | Waiting time (in days) | Referral–presentation | | | | 0.667 | Median (IQR) | 8.00 (24.75) | 13.00 (27.00) | 0.105 | 4 | Presentation–biopsy | | | | 0.000 | Median (IQR) | 53.00 (103.25) | 21.00 (48.00) | 0.000 | 5 | Biopsy–histology | | | | 0.418 | Median (IQR) | 24.00 (28.00) | 24.00 (21.00) | 0.554 | 6 | Histology–treatment | | | | 0.000 | Median (IQR) | 0.00 (0.00) | 14.00 (24.00) | 0.000 | 7 | Presentation–treatment | | | | 0.043 | Median (IQR) | 89.00 (126.00) | 77.00 (74.00) | 0.242 | 8 | Referral–treatment | | | | 0.067 | Median (IQR) | 107.00 (139.25) | 93.00 (102.00) | 0.372 |
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SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range.
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