Table 3.

Serum PSA concentration in men 40 years and older by quintiles of serum cholesterol, NHANES 2001 – 2004

		Geometric Mean PSA in ng/mL (95% CI)
	N	Age Adjusteda	Multivariable Adjusted b	Multivariable Adjusted and Excluding Cholesterol-lowering Drug Users c
Quintiles of Serum Cholesterol (mg/dL)
<169	509	0.92 (0.85 – 1.00)	0.92 (0.85 – 1.00)	0.86 (0.76 – 0.98)
169 – <191	506	0.96 (0.88 – 1.04)	0.95 (0.88 – 1.04)	0.92 (0.84 – 1.01)
191 – <210	506	0.84 (0.76 – 0.94)	0.83 (0.75 – 0.92)	0.83 (0.74 – 0.93)
210 – <234	523	0.98 (0.91 – 1.06)	0.98 (0.91 – 1.06)	0.95 (0.87 – 1.04)
≥ 234	530	1.01 (0.94 – 1.08)	1.02 (0.95 – 1.09)	1.01 (0.94 – 1.08)
p trendd		0.10	0.06	0.02

^aAdjusted for age in years (continuous)

^bAdjusted for age in years (continuous), race/ethnicity, body mass index, and smoking status

^cAdjusted for age in years (continuous), race/ethnicity, body mass index, smoking status, excluding cholesterol-lowering drug users (sensitive definition, N=617)

^dP-values calculated modeling the natural logarithm transformed PSA