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. 2013 Aug 13;8(8):e71298. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071298

Table 2. Adjusted odds ratios (OR) of NIH-IV Prostatitis by selected factors.

Variable ALL Unadjusted OR Multivariate-adjusted OR ▽
(n = 1868) OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
Age (yrs)
<40 898 1 1
≧40 970 1.35 (1.08, 1.69) 0.008 1.35 (1.06, 1.71) 0.01
Cigarette smoking
Never smokers 965 1 1
Smokers<15 Pack-years 436 1.05 (0.79, 1.39) 0.67 1.07 (0.80, 1.44) 0.62
Smokers≧15 Pack-years 467 1.49 (1.14, 1.93) 0.003 1.33 (1.01, 1.75) 0.03
Alcohol drinking
Never drinkers 534 1 1
drinkers<1 drinks/week 395 0.95 (0.68, 1.33) 0.79 1.01 (0.72, 1.42) 0.94
drinkers≧1 drinks/week 939 1.32 (1.01, 1.71) 0.03 1.35 (1.03, 1.77) 0.02
Education of college or above
Yes 1054 1 1
No 814 1.22 (0.97, 1.52) 0.08 1.19 (0.94, 1.50) 0.14
Physical activity
Yes 916 1 1
No 952 1.04 (0.83, 1.30) 0.71 0.99 (0.79, 1.25) 0.97
Obesity
No 1652 1 1
Yes 216 0.92 (0.64, 1.31) 0.65 1.11 (0.77, 1.61) 0.55
Hypertension
No 1452 1 1
Yes 416 1.06 (0.81, 1.38) 0.65 0.98 (0.74, 1.30) 0.89
Dyslipidemia
No 809 1 1
Yes 1059 0.96 (0.77, 1.20) 0.76 0.91 (0.72, 1.76) 0.47
Diabetes
No 1787 1 1
Yes 81 1.15 (0.68, 1.95) 0.59 1.02 (0.59, 1.76) 0.91

Adjusted for other variables in the table.