borderline significanceP = 0.053
Gleason scores ≥ 9 and BSI positively correlated with borderline significance ( P = 0.053) without flare, compared with an apparently opposite trend with flare, although the difference did not reach significance.
Gleason scores ≥ 9 and BSI positively correlated with borderline significance ( P = 0.053) without flare, compared with an apparently opposite trend with flare, although the difference did not reach significance.
without and with flare, respectively However, even though PSA and ALP similarly changed, the difference did not reach statistical significance (Table 1 ).