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

SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range.