Table 2.
Knowledge of prostate cancer risk factors; we asked GPs 'For each of the following, please indicate whether you believe they influence the risk of developing prostate cancer.
| Risk factor |
Correct N (%) |
Does not effect risk N (%) |
Reduces risk N (%) |
Increases risk N (%) |
Don't know N (%) |
Missing N (%) |
| Increased age (> 50 years) | 1,592 (98%) | 8 (0.5%) | 3 (0.2%) | 1,592 (98%) | 4 (0.2%) | 18 (1%) |
| 1st degree relative with prostate cancer | 1,300 (80%) | 97 (6%) | 3 (0.2%) | 1,300 (80%) | 184 (11%) | 41 (3%) |
| Current smoking | 263 (16%) | 263 (16%) | 3 (0.2%) | 908 (56%) | 386 (24%) | 65 (4%) |
| High dietary fat intake | 386 (24%) | 391 (24%) | 8 (0.5%) | 386 (24%) | 777 (48%) | 63 (4%) |
| 1st degree relative with breast cancer | 298 (18%) | 533 (33%) | 2 (0.1%) | 298 (18%) | 725 (45%) | 67 (4%) |
| Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia | 857 (53%) | 857 (53%) | 13 (0.8%) | 452 (28%) | 247 (15%) | 56 (3%) |
| African American ethnicity | 284 (17%) | 109 (7%) | 104 (6%) | 284 (17%) | 1,078 (66%) | 50 (3%) |