Routine test results of patients before and following radical prostatectomy.

1Results are given as mean and ±SD or median and 25–75 percentile values, depending on the normality of the test results. P values are also calculated according to the distribution of the given data series and the option of paring: i.e. “preoperative results” to the “results of the controls” with unpaired t test (with Welch’s correction or Mann Whitney test); “postoperation results” to the “preoperative results” with Paired t test (and Wilcoxon signed rank test). Preoperative data were compared to controls and the results of the postoperative samples were compared to the preoperative ones (day-1).2reference range of the method applied.3mean±2SD of pooled control samples (n = 20) in the period of the study.4ND = not determined.Bold letters indicate significant differences.