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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Aug 9;21(10):1823–1832. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0695

Table 4.

Associations of pre-finasteride-treatment 5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol glucuronide, sex steroid hormones and sex hormone binding globulin with prostate cancer risk.

Overall Cancer Gleason 2–6 Gleason 7–10 Gleason 8–10
Range of values N case/ctl OR (95% CI)2 N case/ctl OR (95% CI)2 N case/ctl OR (95% CI)2 N case/ctl OR (95% CI)2
3α-dG1 <(3.9) 156/169 ref 96/169 ref 58/169 ref 21/169 ref
(ng/mL) (3.9) to <(5.7) 144/166 0.93 (0.67–1.28) 84/166 0.87 (0.60–1.27) 56/166 0.98 (0.63–1.52) 19/166 0.91 (0.47–1.78)
(5.7) to <(8.0) 142/167 0.87 (0.63–1.20) 73/167 0.72 (0.49–1.06) 57/167 0.96 (0.62–1.48) 19/167 0.90 (0.46–1.75)
≥(8.0) 130/172 0.80 (0.58–1.11) 74/172 0.73 (0.50–1.07) 52/172 0.88 (0.57–1.37) 17/172 0.82 (0.41–1.63)
Pslope 0.17 0.07 0.58 0.58
Testosterone <(289) 167/170 ref 90/170 ref 71/170 ref 27/170 ref
(ng/dL) (289) to <(363) 128/165 0.78 (0.56–1.09) 71/165 0.78 (0.52–1.15) 53/165 0.79 (0.51–1.22) 13/165 0.50 (0.25–1.02)
(363) to <(457) 159/166 0.92 (0.66–1.29) 95/166 0.97 (0.66–1.42) 58/166 0.84 (0.54–1.30) 21/166 0.77 (0.40–1.47)
≥ (457) 118/173 0.64 (0.43–0.93) 71/173 0.63 (0.40–1.00) 41/173 0.57 (0.34–0.97) 15/173 0.50 (0.23–1.12)
Pslope 0.07 0.15 0.07 0.18
Free Testosterone <(6.8) 147/170 ref 82/170 ref 61/170 ref 23/170 ref
(ng/dL) (6.8) to <(8.5) 167/166 1.16 (0.84–1.60) 92/166 1.12 (0.77–1.63) 69/166 1.19 (0.79–1.81) 21/166 1.00 (0.53–1.90)
(8.5) to <(10.2) 139/166 0.99 (0.72–1.38) 86/166 1.05 (0.71–1.54) 48/166 0.88 (0.56–1.38) 18/166 0.95 (0.49–1.86)
≥ (10.2) 119/172 0.83 (0.59–1.17) 67/172 0.77 (0.52–1.16) 45/172 0.83 (0.53–1.32) 14/172 0.78 (0.37–1.61)
Pslope 0.21 0.22 0.25 0.49
Estrone <(35.8) 137/166 ref 72/166 ref 60/166 ref 17/166 ref
(pg/mL) (35.8) to <(44.0) 128/172 0.93 (0.67–1.29) 67/172 0.93 (0.62–1.39) 55/172 0.91 (0.59–1.39) 19/172 1.06 (0.53–2.13)
(44.0) to <(54.5) 138/163 1.12 (0.81–1.57) 85/163 1.32 (0.89–1.95) 51/163 0.94 (0.61–1.46) 21/163 1.33 (0.67–2.63)
≥ (54.5) 161/167 1.38 (0.99–1.93) 99/167 1.68 (1.14–2.48) 54/167 1.00 (0.64–1.55) 19/167 1.12 (0.55–2.28)
Pslope 0.03 0.00 0.98 0.62
Total Estradiol <(26.7) 138/164 ref 69/164 ref 66/164 ref 19/164 ref
(pg/mL) (26.7) to <(33.3) 142/168 1.02 (0.73–1.41) 85/168 1.24 (0.83–1.84) 49/168 0.72 (0.46–1.11) 21/168 1.01 (0.52–1.98)
(33.3) to <(40.4) 146/166 1.13 (0.81–1.57) 92/166 1.44 (0.97–2.14) 46/166 0.73 (0.46–1.14) 16/166 0.81 (0.40–1.66)
≥ (40.4) 145/172 1.11 (0.79–1.55) 81/172 1.25 (0.83–1.88) 61/172 0.95 (0.62–1.46) 20/172 0.96 (0.48–1.91)
Pslope 0.45 0.22 0.82 0.76
Free Estradiol <(0.73) 136/169 ref 68/169 ref 63/169 ref 19/169 ref
(pg/mL) (0.73) to <(0.90) 123/165 0.92 (0.66–1.29) 71/165 1.09 (0.73–1.63) 49/165 0.78 (0.50–1.20) 15/165 0.77 (0.38–1.58)
(.90) to <(1.10) 137/166 1.17 (0.83–1.63) 92/166 1.65 (1.11–2.45) 40/166 0.69 (0.43–1.09) 21/166 1.15 (0.59–2.25)
≥ (1.10) 132/170 1.12 (0.80–1.57) 71/170 1.27 (0.84–1.91) 55/170 0.94 (0.61–1.46) 13/170 0.71 (0.33–1.51)
Pslope 0.31 0.09 0.65 0.64
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5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol glucuronide

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Adjusted for age, race, family history of prostate cancer, SHBG, body mass index and serum cholesterol.