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Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol. 2022 May 28;83(4):343–351. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2022.05.008

Table 4.

Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the joint association of polygenic risk score and the individual components of the healthy lifestyle score with lethal prostate cancer in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.

PRS quartile HPFS (n = 10 443)
No. of events / Person-years of follow-up HR (95% CI)a No. of events / Person-years of follow-up HR (95% CI)a
Lethal prostate cancer
Obese Not Obese
75–100% 19/11977 1 (Ref.) 78/90664 0.45 (0.27–0.76)
50–75% 9/15501 0.45 (0.20–1.01) 66/98712 0.34 (0.19–0.58)
25–50% 6/16248 0.28 (0.11–0.73) 41/106046 0.20 (0.11–0.35)
0–25% 6/14720 0.28 (0.11–0.71) 26/113014 0.12 (0.07–0.23)
Smoke: Current or quit <10 yr Smoke: Never or quit ≥10 yr
75–100% 12/11109 1 (Ref.) 85/91532 0.67 (0.36–1.25)
50–75% 7/12743 0.47 (0.18–1.20) 68/101470 0.49 (0.26–0.91)
25–50% 5/14600 0.33 (0.12–0.95) 42/107694 0.29 (0.15–0.55)
0–25% 2/13267 0.14 (0.03–0.62) 30/114467 0.20 (0.10–0.39)
Low/moderate vigorous physical activity High vigorous physical activity
75–100% 86/75793 1 (Ref.) 11/26848 0.50 (0.27–0.95)
50–75% 64/86869 0.66 (0.47–0.92) 11/27344 0.46 (0.24–0.87)
25–50% 40/92066 0.40 (0.27–0.58) 7/30228 0.28 (0.13–0.61)
0–25% 30/92957 0.29 (0.19–0.45) 2/34777 0.07 (0.02–0.30)
Low/moderate tomato intake High tomato intake
75–100% 81/80960 1 (Ref.) 16/21681 0.86 (0.50–1.49)
50–75% 61/89590 0.67 (0.48–0.95) 14/24622 0.68 (0.37–1.23)
25–50% 37/96322 0.40 (0.27–0.59) 10/25972 0.43 (0.22–0.84)
0–25% 24/100524 0.25 (0.16–0.39) 8/27210 0.38 (0.18–0.80)
High/moderate processed meat intake Low processed meat intake
75–100% 30/25781 1 (Ref.) 67/76860 0.84 (0.53–1.31)
50–75% 18/28695 0.52 (0.29–0.96) 57/85517 0.64 (0.40–1.01)
25–50% 10/27586 0.29 (0.14–0.60) 37/94708 0.40 (0.24–0.66)
0–25% 6/31619 0.17 (0.07–0.41) 26/96115 0.27 (0.16–0.46)
Low/moderate fish intake High fatty fish intake
75–100% 84/90677 1 (Ref.) 13/11964 1.05 (0.58–1.91)
50–75% 65/100000 0.69 (0.49–0.97) 10/14213 0.71 (0.36–1.40)
25–50% 41/106186 0.43 (0.30–0.63) 6/16108 0.37 (0.16–0.86)
0–25% 23/108869 0.24 (0.15–0.38) 9/18865 0.50 (0.25–1.01)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HPFS, Health Professionals Follow-up Study; HR, hazard ratio; PRS, polygenic risk score.

a

Inverse probability weighted Cox regression models, stratified by birth cohort and adjusted for age (underlying time-scale), calendar period of inclusion, genetic ancestry (PC1-PC3), lagged PSA screening history, history of other cancers, history of diabetes, current aspirin use, current statin use, total energy intake, and each individual component.