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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 29.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 May 1;116(9):2140–2147. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25075

Table 4.

Adjusted HRs and 95% CIs for Prostate Cancer Among 19,106 Men With and Without Male Factor Infertility From a Cohort of Couples Evaluated for Infertilitya

Prostate
Cancer
No. no. % Unadjusted HR (95% CI) P Adjusted HRb (95% CI) P
All prostate cancers
 Male factor infertility
  No 14,557 64 0.44 1.0 (referent) 1.0 (referent)
  Yes 4549 56 1.23 2.8 (2.0-4.0) <.0001 1.8 (1.2-2.5) .0010
Low-grade prostate cancer c
 Male factor infertility
  No 14,557 47 0.32 1.0 (referent) 1.0 (referent)
  Yes 4549 37 0.81 2.5 (1.6-3.9) <.0001 1.6 (1.0-2.4) .042
High-grade prostate cancer d
 Male factor infertility
  No 14,557 16 0.11 1.0 (referent) 1.0 (referent)
  Yes 4549 19 0.42 3.8 (1.9-7.3) <.0001 2.6 (1.4-4.8) .0032

HRs indicates hazard ratios; 95% CIs, 95% confidence intervals.

a

A total of 3456 men were excluded from analysis because of unknown male factor infertility status.

b

Adjusted for age, infertility treatment duration, and infertility treatment facility.

c

Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) grade 2: moderately well-differentiated, Gleason score of 5 to 7.

d

SEER grade 3: poorly differentiated, Gleason score of 8 to 10.

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