Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics by Race/Ethnicity and Diabetes Status (Yes/No) in the Multiethnic Cohort (n = 86,303), Los Angeles, California, and Hawaii, 1993–2005
| European Americans |
African Americans |
Native Hawaiians |
Japanese Americans |
Latinos |
Total | ||||||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| No. of men | 1,440 | 20,606 | 1,791 | 9,475 | 988 | 5,088 | 3,160 | 22,927 | 3,446 | 17,382 | 86,303 |
| Mean age, years (SD) | 62.8 (8.1) | 58.5 (9.0) | 63.4 (8.0) | 60.9 (8.9) | 59.2 (8.0) | 56.1 (8.6) | 63.6 (8.3) | 60.6 (9.2) | 61.7 (7.0) | 59.7 (7.8) | |
| No. of prostate cancer cases | 60 | 1,193 | 215 | 1,295 | 35 | 213 | 160 | 1,302 | 198 | 1,270 | 5,941 |
| Prostate cancer incidence ratesa | 242.8 | 413.9 | 686.2 | 845.2 | 257.9 | 373.8 | 270.1 | 354.9 | 304.2 | 433.7 | |
| Family history of prostate cancer, %b | 7.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 5.8 | |
| Body mass index (kg/m2), %b | |||||||||||
| <23 | 13.1 | 21.3 | 11.1 | 17.5 | 7.6 | 13.8 | 21.0 | 26.3 | 12.3 | 16.7 | |
| 23–24.99 | 8.1 | 17.9 | 9.6 | 14.6 | 4.7 | 11.1 | 17.3 | 25.1 | 8.1 | 10.8 | |
| 25–29.99 | 42.7 | 45.7 | 44.5 | 47.8 | 40.0 | 45.6 | 45.1 | 41.4 | 49.1 | 53.8 | |
| 30–34.99 | 23.7 | 11.9 | 24.4 | 15.9 | 28.1 | 20.3 | 12.9 | 6.2 | 22.8 | 15.1 | |
| ≥35 | 12.3 | 3.1 | 10.0 | 4.3 | 19.6 | 9.1 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 3.5 | |
| Educational level, %b | |||||||||||
| ≤12 years | 34.6 | 23.2 | 41.8 | 40.0 | 63.0 | 53.8 | 36.6 | 34.8 | 67.4 | 64.1 | |
| Some college or vocational | 29.0 | 29.1 | 36.9 | 37.0 | 25.8 | 28.5 | 34.3 | 30.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 | |
| College graduate | 36.4 | 47.7 | 20.8 | 22.9 | 11.2 | 17.7 | 29.1 | 34.6 | 10.2 | 12.3 | |
| Physical activity (hours/week), %bc | |||||||||||
| 0 | 39.5 | 27.9 | 43.7 | 34.1 | 29.7 | 22.1 | 39.3 | 33.0 | 37.7 | 28.9 | |
| >0–1.5 | 16.0 | 14.4 | 17.5 | 15.6 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 19.6 | 18.2 | 14.3 | 14.3 | |
| >1.5–5 | 20.8 | 23.5 | 15.7 | 22.0 | 23.4 | 25.7 | 20.9 | 23.4 | 18.0 | 20.9 | |
| >5 | 20.1 | 31.6 | 17.2 | 23.9 | 29.3 | 35.7 | 17.3 | 23.0 | 24.4 | 31.1 | |
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
a
Adjusted to the 1970 US standard population.
b
Age standardized (5-year age groups) to the total population included in the study.
c
Percentages do not add up to 100% because of missing values.