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Table 2 PSA values

From: Association between patient ethnicity and prostate cancer diagnosis following a prostate-specific antigen test: a cohort study of 730,000 men in primary care in the UK

Ethnicity

Age group

40–49

50–59

60–69

70–79

80 + 

95th

Raised (age)

Raised (fixed)

95th

Raised (age)

Raised (fixed)

95th

Raised (age)

Raised (fixed)

95th

Raised (age)

Raised (fixed)

95th

Raised (age)

Raised (fixed)

White

2.5

5.0%

3.6%

5.0

9.1%

11.5%

9.0

15.3%

25.7%

14.3

15.5%

37.9%

31.8

25.4%

48.9%

Asian

2.2

4.1%

2.9%

4.0

6.4%

8.1%

6.7

10.0%

17.8%

8.8

8.4%

24.6%

13.3

12.9%

32.8%

Black

2.9

6.4%

4.8%

6.0

10.4%

13.0%

12.9

19.3%

29.5%

24.0

23.0%

46.6%

42.1

35.6%

58.4%

Mixed

2.9

6.5%

4.7%

5.2

9.4%

11.8%

9.6

17.1%

28.8%

26.9

19.7%

43.1%

55.4

23.5%

50.8%

Other

2.5

5.3%

3.9%

4.5

8.2%

11.1%

7.6

12.1%

21.6%

15.0

15.5%

34.8%

43.3

19.5%

48.1%

  1. 95th = 95th percentile of PSA distribution
  2. Raised (age) = percentage of patients with raised PSA, using age-based thresholds
  3. Raised (fixed) = percentage of patients with raised PSA, using a single fixed threshold