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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Mar 26;24(5):1045–1052. doi: 10.1007/s10552-013-0182-4

Table 4.

Onset of Hair Balding Pattern At Various Ages and Risk of Prostate Cancer1,2

vs. Healthy Controls
Hair Balding
Pattern		 Age of
Onset3 		Controls PCa cases Odds Ratio 95% CI
General: 312 167
Never Bald 135 50 reference -
Age 30 68 48 1.88 1.12–3.16
Age 40 43 35 1.66 0.92–2.98
Current 66 34 1.19 0.68–2.09
Frontal: 250 138
Never Bald 166 66 reference -
Age 30 55 44 2.08 1.24–3.48
Age 40 36 28 1.42 0.77–2.61
Current 55 29 1.18 0.69–2.07
Vertex: 224 103
Never Bald 179 75 reference -
Age 30 27 19 1.66 0.84–3.27
Age 40 40 20 1.18 0.63–2.21
Current 66 53 1.61 0.99–2.59
1

Multivariate Analyses adjusted for race, age, family history, and BMI.

2

Reference group were men who were never bald.