TABLE 2.
Description of tumor characteristics among four populations of prostate cancer cases. (Percents provided are based upon number of individuals with data on specific outcomes)
| European-American (n = 1265) |
African-American (n = 338) |
Senegalese (n = 72) |
Asian Indian (n = 122) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age (years, range) |
62 (34-88) | 62 (39-89) | 69 (45-95)ab | 66 (44-92)abc |
| Median BMI (kg/m2, range) |
27.1 (15.3-47.5) | 28.1 (17.1-51.2)a | 23.0 (12.3-35.5)ab | No data available |
| Median PSA (ng/ml, range) |
5.6 (0.1-243) | 6.1 (0.3-2300)a | 56.6 (0.5-6190)ab | 26.8 (7.8-1515)abc |
| % T3/T4 stage (n) |
26.4 (311) | 21.3 (61) | 47.9ab (34) | 99.2abc (116) |
| % Gleason Grade ≥ 7 (n) |
45.3 (533) | 40.4 (116) | 44.3 (27) | 72.1abc (88) |
| % Metastasis (n) | 0.7 (8) | 2.2a (6) | 100.0ab (19) | 71.1abc (81) |
| % Family history positive (n) |
37.3 (437) | 35.6 (101) | 22.9ab (16) | 3.3abc (4) |
| % ≥ College educated (n) |
67.0 (814) | 31.0a (92) | 21.1a (15) | No data available |
a
Fisher’s Exact two-sided p-value < 0.05 compared to European American
b
Fisher’s Exact two-sided p-value < 0.05 compared to African-American
c
Fisher’s Exact two-sided p-vale < 0.05 compared to Senegalese