Table 2.
Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Patients
| Patient Characteristic | No. (%) of Total Population (N = 397) | No. (%) of AAM Patients (n = 154) | No. (%) of EAM Patients (n = 243) | Fisher's Exact Test or Mann-Whitney P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | .031 | |||
| Median | 59 | 59 | 60 | |
| Range | 37-76 | 37-73 | 43-76 | |
| Preoperative prostate-specific antigen, ng/mL | .663 | |||
| < 10 | 303 (76) | 121 (79) | 182 (75) | |
| 10-20 | 71 (18) | 24 (16) | 47 (19) | |
| > 20 | 23 (6) | 9 (6) | 14 (6) | |
| Pathologic Gleason score | .065 | |||
| ≤ 6 | 135 (34) | 59 (38) | 76 (31) | |
| 7 | 192 (48) | 76 (49) | 116 (48) | |
| ≥ 8 | 70 (18) | 19 (12) | 51 (21) | |
| Extracapsular extension | 169 (43) | 60 (39) | 109 (45) | .254 |
| Seminal vesicle invasion | 60 (15) | 18 (12) | 42 (17) | .277 |
| Positive surgical margin | 124 (31) | 54 (35) | 70 (29) | .222 |
| Lymph node involvement | 17 (4) | 4 (3) | 13 (5) | .214 |
| CAPRA-S score | .302 | |||
| < 3 | 175 (44) | 75 (49) | 100 (41) | |
| 3-5 | 130 (33) | 48 (31) | 82 (34) | |
| > 5 | 92 (23) | 31 (20) | 61 (25) |
NOTE. Patients from Thomas Jefferson University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Johns Hopkins University were matched in a pooled analysis.
Abbreviations: AAM, African American men; CAPRA-S, Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment postsurgical score; EAM, European American men.