. 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 6.

Onset of Hair Balding Pattern At Various Ages and Risk of High Grade Disease Relative to Low Grade Disease

Hair Balding Pattern		Gleason<7	Gleason≥7	Odds Ratio	95% CI	P¹,²
General:
	Bald vs. Not Bald	93	74	2.39	1.12–5.10	0.02
Frontal:
	Bald vs. Not Bald	93	74	2.13	1.08–4.20	0.03
Vertex:
	Bald vs. Not Bald	93	74	1.78	0.92–3.44	0.09

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

Reference group were men who were never bald.