Table 1.
Participants Descriptive Characteristics by Case-Control Status, PROMEN Study, 1996-2001
| Prostate Cancer | ||||||
| Control | Case | two-tails | ||||
| n | % | n | % | p-value | ||
| 110 | 80.88 | 26 | 19.12 | |||
| Age | ||||||
| 50-59 | 31 | 28.20 | 7 | 26.90 | ||
| 60-69 | 40 | 36.40 | 9 | 34.60 | ||
| 70-79 | 39 | 35.50 | 10 | 38.50 | ||
| 0,902 | ||||||
| Race | ||||||
| Black | 4 | 3.60 | 1 | |||
| White | 106 | 96.0 | 25 | |||
| 1.000 | ||||||
| Years of Education | ||||||
| 8-13 | 66 | 60.00 | 16 | 61.50 | ||
| 14-18 | 44 | 40.00 | 10 | 38.50 | ||
| 1.00 | ||||||
| BMI | ||||||
| ≤ 25 | 25 | 22.90 | 6 | 23.10 | ||
| 25-30 | 55 | 50.50 | 11 | 42.30 | ||
| ≥ 30 | 29 | 26.60 | 9 | 34.60 | ||
| 0.683 | ||||||
| Waist circumference | ||||||
| ≤ 97,50 | 56 | 51.40 | 10 | 38.50 | ||
| > 97,50 | 53 | 48.60 | 16 | 61.50 | ||
| 0.279 | ||||||
| Hip circumference | ||||||
| ≤ 102,50 | 56 | 51.40 | 12 | 46.20 | ||
| > 102,50 | 53 | 48.60 | 14 | 53.80 | ||
| 0.668 | ||||||
| Waist to hip ratio | ||||||
| ≤ 0,95 | 55 | 50.50 | 14 | 56.00 | ||
| > 0,95 | 54 | 49.50 | 11 | 44.00 | ||
| 0.662 | ||||||
*BMI: body mass index expressed as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters (kg/m2)