. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 Feb 16;4(4):544–551. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-10-0257

Table 3.

Association of weight change from 5 years before to 1 year after prostatectomy with prostate cancer recurrence.

	Weight Change >2.2kg

	Median Weight Change (kg)	Cases/Total	Person Years	HR^* (95% CI)
Decrease	-5.22	11/170	1,186	0.77 (0.38,1.53)
Maintenance	0	71/981	7,391	1.00(ref)
Increase	4.54	20/186	1,220	1.94 (1.14,3.32)
Test for trend^†				0.02

1,337 men at Johns Hopkins Hospital 1993-2006. Hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) adjusted for weight 5 years before prostatectomy, height, physical activity 1 year after prostatectomy, age, race/ethnicity, family history, year of prostatectomy, stage, grade, and smoking status.

^†

Median values of each category modeled in test for trend.