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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Jul 15;116(14):3389–3398. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25308

Table 3.

Multivariate Model (Multivariate 2) Examining Risk of Biochemical Disease Recurrence for Statin Users Compared With Nonusers Adjusting for Multiple Clinical and Pathological Variables

Unadjusted HR (95% CI) Unadjusted P Adjusted HR (95% CI) Adjusted P
Statin use 0.92 (0.67–1.25) .57 0.70 (0.50–0.97) .03
Age 1.00 (0.99–1.02) .58 1.01 (0.99–1.03) .30
Race (Ref = white)
 Black 1.26 (1.00–1.58) .05 1.13 (0.89–1.45) .32
 Nonwhite/nonblack 0.90 (0.56–1.45) .66 1.12 (0.67–0.89) .67
Center (Ref = Center 1)
 Center 2 0.62 (0.41–0.94) .02 0.57 (0.37–0.89) .01
 Center 3 0.96 (0.71–1.30) .80 0.79 (0.56–1.11) .18
 Center 4 1.19 (0.92–1.56) .19 0.90 (0.68–1.19) .45
Biopsy Gleason (Ref: <6)
 7 2.79 (2.18–3.56) <.001 1.88 (1.43–2.47) <.001
 >7 3.89 (2.81–5.30) <.001 2.21 (1.54–3.17) <.001
Clinical stage 1.26 (1.00–1.57) .04 1.09 (0.86–1.38) .46
BMI (Ref: ≤24.9 kg/m2)
 25.0–29.9 kg/m2 1.34 (0.99–1.81) .06 1.38 (1.01–1.87) .04
 30.0–34.9 kg/m2 1.80 (1.29–2.51) .001 1.91 (1.36–2.69) <.001
 ≥35.0 kg/m2 1.79 (1.16–2.77) .01 1.87 (1.19–2.94) .01
PSAa 2.06 (1.75–2.41) <.001 1.56 (1.30–1.87) <.001
% cores positive 4.26 (2.78–6.53) <.001 1.41 (0.86–2.32) .17
Year of surgery 1.01 (0.97–1.05) .62 1.00 (0.96–1.05) .85
Pathology Gleason (Ref: <6)
 7 3.55 (2.64–4.79) <.001 1.82 (1.31–2.54) <.001
 >7 6.95 (4.85–9.94) <.001 2.76 (1.82–4.18) <.001
Extracapsular extension 2.42 (1.93–3.05) <.001 1.23 (0.93–1.62) .14
Seminal vesicle invasion 4.16 (3.13–5.53) <.001 2.04 (1.46–2.85) <.001
Positive margins 3.06 (2.43–3.86) <.001 2.01 (1.56–2.58) <.001
Lymph node invasion 4.21 (1.99–8.92) <.001 0.90 (0.39–2.05) .80

HR indicates hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; PSA, prostate-specific antigen.

a

PSA was logarithmically transformed.