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Table 1 Pre-TRUS-guided prostatic biopsy patients’ data

From: Antibiotic prophylaxis for transrectal ultrasound-guided prostatic biopsies: a comparison of two regimens

Character

Group 1

54 Patients

Group 2

92 Patients

P value

Age in years: mean (SD)

65.8 (10.4)

63.1 (7.4)

0.070*

PSA (ng/ml): median (IQR)

10 (7.3–17.7)

8.5 (6–14.9)

0.382&

Prostate size (CC): Median (IQR)

45 (30–69)

45 (29.6–60)

0.508&

Character

N (%)

N (%)

P value#

Diabetes

21 (39)

37 (40)

0.847

Hypertension

28 (52)

42 (45.7)

0.469

Cardiac Ischemia

10 (18.5)

16 (17.4)

0.864

ASA Score

  

0.059

I

17 (31.5)

37 (40.2)

II

31 (57.4)

53 (57.6)

III

6 (11.1)

2 (2.2)

Urethral catheter

  

0.372

No

44 (81.5)

80 (87)

Yes

10 (11.5)

12 (13)

  1. Some patients had more than one comorbidity
  2. IQR inter-quartile range
  3. *t test, &Mann–Whitney U test, #Chi square test