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Table 1 Patient Demographics and Risk Factors

From: Are outpatient transperineal prostate biopsies without antibiotic prophylaxis equivalent to standard transrectal biopsies for patient safety and cancer detection rates?A retrospective cohort study in 222 patients

 

All pts

(average or %)

Perineal (only no foley or abx) – avg/%

n = 111

Rectal (only no foley) -avg/%

n = 111

P value (if applicable)

Median Age (ranges)

63 (43–76)

63 (43–76)

63 (50–79)

0.0690

Race

 Caucasian

87 (39%)

51 (46%)

36 (32%)

0.0392

 African American

54 (24%)

21 (19%)

33 (30%)

0.0605

 Hispanic

65 (29%)

34 (31%)

31 (28%)

0.6581

 Unknown/Other

16 (7%)

5 (4.5%)

11 (10%)

0.1194

Median BMI (range)

26.4 (11.35–49.32)

26.2 (18.44–41.85)

26.7 (11.35–49.32)

0.6182

Prior GU hx?

 BPH/LUTS

134 (60.3%)

66 (59.4%)

68 (61.3%)

0.7837

 Previous Cancer

28 (12.6%)

21 (18.9%)

7 (6.3%)

0.0047

 Other

16 7.2(%)

10 (9%)

6 (5.4%)

0.299

Indwelling catheter?

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

N/A

Prior UTI?

17 (7.7%)

8 (7.2%)

9 (8.1%)

0.8007

Pre-procedure PSA- Median

7.69 (1.05–2102.48)

7.69 (1.05–471)

7.66 (1.23–2102.48)

0.2344