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Table 2 Association of BRCA2 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

BRCA2 status

P

Positive

Negative

95% CI

Number: n (%)

43 (22.9)

145 (77.1)

  

Age (Years): mean (SD)

74.6 (10.27)

71.7 (9.76)

−0.468–6.298

0.091

PSA (ng/mL): mean (SD)

363.2 (575.10)

455.1 (640.46)

−306.419–122.674

0.399

Gleason score, n (%)

    

 ≤ 7

3 (9.1)

30 (90.9)

0.083–0.994

0.041

 ≥ 8

40 (25.8)

115 (74.2)

  
  1. PSA Prostate-specific antigen, BRCA2 breast cancer antigen 2, CI confidence interval, SD standard deviation, P P value
  2. Student’s t-test, ⁕ Pearson’s chi-square test