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Table 1 Patient characteristics in the incidental prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia groups

From: Incidence of incidental cancer in transurethral resection of prostate specimens: a 10-year retrospective analysis

Variables

IPC group (n: 120)

BPH group (n: 780)

Total (n: 900)

p

Mean ± SD (range)

Mean ± SD (range)

Mean ± SD (range)

Age (years)

72.35 ± 8.56 (54–94)

68.24 ± 8.57 (24–94)

68.79 ± 8.68 (24–94)

0.0001

PSA (ng/mL)

4.90 ± 6.36 (0.01–44.50)

3.62 ± 4.85 (0.12–49.60)

3.79 ± 5.10 (0.01–49.60)

0.036

Specimen weight (g)

16.13 ± 11.59 (1.5–60)

18.06 ± 13.33 (1–100)

17.80 ± 13.12 (1–100)

0.134

  1. IPC incidental prostate cancer, BPH benign prostatic hyperplasia, PSA prostate-specific antigen, SD standard deviation
  2. Bold values indicate statistical significance at the p < 0.05 level