Table 1 Baseline characteristics
From: Impact of external cooling with icepacks on 68Ga-PSMA uptake in salivary glands
Subjects | Intervention group (N = 44) | Control group (N = 45) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Left-sided icepacks (N = 24) | Bilateral icepacks (N = 20) | No icepacks (N = 45) | p value* | |
Age (years) | ||||
Mean (± SD) | 72.79 (± 4.86) | 71.00 (± 5.91) | 70.67 (± 7.57) | 0.46 |
Range (years) | 64–81 | 62–82 | 49–91 | |
Initial Gleason Score (N) | 24 (0 missing) | 18 (2 missing) | 41 (4 missing) | 0.17 |
Low risk(< 7) | 9 | 9 | 8 | |
Intermediate risk (7) | 7 | 5 | 19 | |
High risk (> 7) | 8 | 4 | 14 | |
PSA at scan (ng/ml) | ||||
Mean (± SD) | 24.3 (± 35.23) | 11.79 (± 10.61) | 18.17 (± 31.68) | 0.38 |
Range | 1.10–164.7 | 0.12–35.0 | 0.20–120.0 | |
Scan indication (N) | 24 (0 missing) | 20 (0 missing) | 45 (0 missing) | |
- Primary staging | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
- Re-staging | 19 | 17 | 35 | |
- Other indications | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Previous therapy regimens (N) | 24 (0 missing) | 19 (1 missing) | 45 (0 missing) | |
- No treatment | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
- Radical prostatectomy | 3 | 6 | 17 | |
- Radiation therapy | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
- Radiation therapy + hormonal therapy (Bolla [23]) | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
- Other treatment regimens | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Adjuvant/salvage (radiation/hormonal) therapy regimens (N) | 24 (0 missing) | 17 (3 missing) | 44 (1 missing) | 0.34 |
- Yes | 9 | 3 | 11 | |
- No | 15 | 14 | 33 | |