Table 1. Baseline charactersitics of men according to prostatitis and STD history, California Men's Health Study, 2002–2006.
| Prostatitis* | STDs* | Gonorrhea* | Syphilis* | ||||||
| No (n = 63,613) | Yes (n = 4,228) | No (n = 40,720) | Yes (n = 26,010) | No (n = 55,347) | Yes (n = 11,378) | No (n = 63,499) | Yes (n = 1,437) | ||
| Age mean (SD) | 57.2 (6.9) | 58.4 (6.7) | 57.3 (7.0) | 57.3 (6.7) | 57.3 (7.0) | 57.5 (6.6) | 57.3 (6.9) | 56.5 (6.7) | |
| Race/ethnicity % | African American | 8.4 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 14.5 | 4.8 | 25.8 | 7.6 | 21.8 |
| Asian American | 9.0 | 4.6 | 11.2 | 4.5 | 9.7 | 3.9 | 8.9 | 6.2 | |
| Latino | 16.4 | 14.2 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 15.5 | 18.3 | 15.4 | 22.8 | |
| White | 61.3 | 71.4 | 62.9 | 61.3 | 65.1 | 48.6 | 63.5 | 45.0 | |
| Other | 4.9 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | |
| Family history of prostate cancer* % | Yes | 11.9 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 31.0 | 31.7 |
| BMI % | <25 kg/m2 | 27.4 | 29.5 | 28.1 | 26.5 | 27.7 | 26.1 | 27.3 | 31.6 |
| 25–30 kg/m2 | 46.0 | 47.8 | 46.0 | 46.4 | 46.0 | 47.0 | 46.3 | 42.4 | |
| >30 kg/m2 | 26.6 | 22.7 | 25.9 | 27.1 | 26.3 | 26.9 | 26.4 | 26.0 | |
| Smoking % | never | 43.6 | 44.3 | 46.8 | 38.5 | 46.2 | 31.5 | 44.2 | 35.9 |
| current | 11.1 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 12.6 | 9.9 | 15.8 | 10.6 | 18.4 | |
| former | 45.3 | 46.7 | 43.3 | 49.0 | 43.9 | 52.7 | 45.3 | 45.8 | |
| Education % | < = High school | 19.0 | 13.4 | 18.8 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 21.3 | 17.5 | 22.5 |
| Some college | 21.1 | 20.6 | 21.7 | 20.2 | 21.7 | 18.5 | 21.7 | 18.3 | |
| Bachelor's degree | 35.0 | 31.0 | 33.6 | 36.9 | 33.7 | 40.0 | 33.8 | 35.6 | |
| Graduate degree | 25.0 | 35.0 | 26.0 | 25.1 | 26.9 | 20.2 | 27.0 | 23.5 | |
| Income % | <$20,000 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 9.0 |
| $20,000–$39,999 | 15.5 | 14.1 | 14.8 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 18.6 | 14.7 | 23.2 | |
| $40,000–$59,999 | 19.4 | 17.9 | 19.3 | 19.5 | 19.0 | 21.1 | 19.2 | 22.8 | |
| $60,000–$79,999 | 18.9 | 17.0 | 19.1 | 18.5 | 18.9 | 18.6 | 19.0 | 15.2 | |
| $80,000–$99,999 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 11.8 | |
| >$100,000 | 27.5 | 32.5 | 28.3 | 27.4 | 29.1 | 22.3 | 28.6 | 18.1 | |
| Kaiser California Region % | Northern | 53.7 | 52.3 | 54.3 | 52.6 | 54.3 | 50.7 | 54.0 | 47.1 |
| Southern | 46.3 | 47.7 | 45.7 | 47.4 | 45.7 | 49.3 | 46.0 | 52.9 | |
| Previous history of PSA testing† % | None | 57.3 | 55.8 | 56.8 | 58.3 | 56.7 | 59.4 | 56.9 | 62.5 |
| 1 or 2 test | 27.0 | 23.2 | 27.0 | 26.2 | 27.2 | 24.7 | 27.0 | 21.7 | |
| 3 or more tests | 15.7 | 21.0 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 15.8 | |
| History of BPH % | Yes | 16.4 | 52.8 | 16.0 | 23.3 | 18.6 | 19.8 | 18.7 | 18.3 |
*
Numbers do not add to 68,675 subjects due to missing responses.
†
History of at least number of PSA tests from baseline to follow-up period.