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Table 5.

Area under curve (AUC) values for receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve

ROC model	Variable	AUC
Overall cohort	PHI	0.677
	> 27	0.549
	> 36	0.620
	PHID	0.725
	> 0.91	0.707
	PSA	0.546
	PSAD	0.658
	> 0.15	0.601
Patients with PI-RADS 1-2 lesions	PHI
	> 27	0.563
	> 36	0.621
	PHID
	> 0.91	0.817
	PSAD
	> 0.15	0.678

PSAD: prostate specific-antigen density

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Acknowledgments

This article is based on our previous research, which was presented at the American Urological Association 2021 and published in Urology as a Conference Abstract (J Urol. 2021;206:468. https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000002023).

Author contributions

BHP: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing—original draft. SDL: Conceptualization, Fomal analysis, Investigation, Writing—review & editing. LW: Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing—original draft. GK: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation. SS: Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. OO: Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. MG: Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. SNR: Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. MSL: Supervision, Validation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. PCS: Supervision, Validation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

This study was approved by the Yale University School of Medicine Institutional Review Board (Ref. No. 0805003787).

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