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Table 1 Association of BRCA1 with age, PSA and Gleason score

From: Immunohistochemical expression of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in a cohort of Ugandan men with prostate cancer: an analytical cross-sectional study

Variables

BRCA1 status

P

Positive

Negative

95% CI

Number: n (%)

49 (26.1)

139 (73.9)

  

Age (years): mean (SD)

72.6 (10.410)

70.6 (8.445)

−4.264–2.252

0.543

PSA (ng/mL): mean (SD)

449.8 (628.02)

389.4 (623.780

−265.930–145.338

0.446

Gleason score, n (%)

    

 ≤ 7

7 (21.2)

26 (78.8)

1.293–3.703

0.013

 ≥ 8

42 (27.1)

113 (72.9)

  
  1. Student’s t-test, ⁕ Pearson’s chi-square test
  2. PSA Prostate-specific antigen, BRCA1 breast cancer antigen 1, CI confidence interval, SD standard deviation, P P value