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. 2011 Mar 16;19(5). doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.27

Table 5. Example table: demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants with and without prostate cancer.

  Cases Controls
Characteristic N=1308 % N=1266 %
Age (years)        
 35–49 102 7.8 107 8.5
 50–54 188 14.4 178 14.1
 55–59 325 24.9 343 27.1
 60–64 395 30.2 334 26.4
 65–69 153 11.7 160 12.6
 70–74 145 11.1 144 11.4
         
First degree family history of prostate cancer
 No 1025 78.4 1125 88.9
 Yes 283 21.6 141 11.1
         
PSA at diagnosis or interview (ng/ml)
 0–3.9 178 13.6 351 27.7
 4.0–9.9 721 55.1 33 2.6
 10.0–19.9 190 14.5 6 0.5
 ≥20.0 118 9.0 0
         
Gleason score
 2–4 66 5.1    
 5–6 681 52.2    
 7=3+4 355 27.2    
 7=4+3 76 5.8    
 8–10 126 9.7    
         
Primary treatment
 Radical prostatectomy 770 58.9    
 Radiation 352 26.9    
 Androgen deprivation therapy 60 4.6    
 Other treatment 11 0.8    
 Active surveillance 115 8.8    

Adapted from ref. 31.