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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2018 Mar 28;29(4-5):455–464. doi: 10.1007/s10552-018-1012-5

Table 2.

Association of serum IL-16 and risk of PCa among Caucasians.

Tertile 1 Tertile 2 vs Tertile 1 Tertile 3 vs Tertile 1 Continuous ln(IL-16)
no. cases/
no. controls
OR 95% CI p-value no. cases/
no. controls
OR 95% CI p-value no. cases/
no. controls
OR 95% CI p-value p (trend) OR 95% CI p-value phet
All PCa 294/310 1.0 reference 309/324 1.02 0.81-1.29 0.83 329/308 1.13 0.89-1.42 0.31 0.31 1.07 0.95-1.21 0.27
 Nonaggressive PCa 203/310 1.0 reference 208/324 1.04 0.80-1.35 0.76 227/308 1.11 0.86-1.44 0.43 0.44 1.06 0.92-1.22 0.40
 Aggressive PCa 91/310 1.0 reference 99/324 1.04 0.74-1.45 0.83 102/308 1.24 0.89-1.74 0.21 0.21 1.13 0.94-1.35 0.19 0.54
 Stage I/II PCa 228/310 1.0 reference 246/324 1.06 0.83-1.36 0.63 257/308 1.11 0.87-1.42 0.40 0.41 1.06 0.93-1.21 0.40
 Stage III/IV PCa 66/310 1.0 reference 63/324 0.94 0.64-1.38 0.77 72/308 1.21 0.83-1.77 0.33 0.33 1.14 0.92-1.40 0.23 0.52
 Gleason Score ≤ 6 146/310 1.0 reference 138/324 1.00 0.74-1.33 0.98 128/308 0.92 0.68-1.24 0.57 0.58 0.91 0.78-1.06 0.22
 Gleason Score ≥ 7 145/310 1.0 reference 168/324 1.08 0.82-1.43 0.59 197/308 1.37 1.04-1.81 0.02 0.02 1.26 1.08-1.47 0.003 0.001
Time from blood draw to diagnosis/selection < 3 years 133/126 1.0 reference 125/115 1.19 0.81-1.74 0.38 113/128 0.86 0.59-1.26 0.43 0.57 0.87 0.71-1.07 0.18
 Gleason Score ≤ 6 87/126 1.0 reference 74/115 1.08 0.70-1.67 0.72 76/128 0.92 0.60-1.42 0.71 0.71 0.83 0.66-1.04 0.11
 Gleason Score ≥ 7 46/126 1.0 reference 50/115 1.41 0.85-2.33 0.18 36/128 0.82 0.48-1.40 0.47 0.52 0.98 0.74-1.29 0.88 0.27
Time from blood draw to diagnosis/selection ≥ 3 years 161/126 1.0 reference 184/210 1.01 0.75-1.36 0.94 216/180 1.41 1.04-1.90 0.03 0.02 1.24 1.06-1.46 0.008
 Gleason Score ≤ 6 59/184 1.0 reference 64/210 0.99 0.65-1.50 0.97 52/180 0.87 0.56-1.34 0.56 0.53 0.97 0.78-1.21 0.77
 Gleason Score ≥ 7 99/184 1.0 reference 118/210 1.03 0.73-1.45 0.87 161/180 1.78 1.27-2.49 0.001 0.001 1.44 1.19-1.74 < 0.001 0.002

All models adjusted for study center, use of thawed aliquot (yes/no), time from blood draw to diagnosis/selection, age and year at randomization.

Aggressive PCa defined as Gleason Score ≥8 or Stage III/IV disease.

Polytomous logistic regression

Time from blood draw to diagnosis/selection not adjusted for time from blood draw/selection