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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prostate. 2013 Sep 21;74(1):97–102. doi: 10.1002/pros.22733

Table 4. Odds Ratios (OR) for Prostate Cancer Associated with Digoxin Use in Patients with at least 3 PSA tests over the preceding 5-years.

Digoxin Use Cases
N (%)
Controls
N (%)
Age-Adjusted OR (95% CI) P-value Multivariate * OR (95% CI) P-value
Ever/Never Use
 Never 536 (98.2) 363 (95.5) 1.00 1.00
 Ever 10 (1.8) 17 (4.5) 0.43 (0.19 – 0.95) 0.04 0.44 (0.20 – 0.98) 0.04
Recency of Use^
 Never 536 (98.2) 363 (95.8) 1.00 1.00
 Past 2 (0.4) 3 (0.8) 0.49 (0.08 – 2.96) 0.44 0.51 (0.08 – 3.10) 0.46
 Current 8 (1.5) 13 (3.4) 0.45 (0.18 – 1.09) 0.08 0.47 (0.19 – 1.14) 0.10
Duration of Use^
 Never 536 (98.2) 363 (95.8) 1.00 1.00
 < 4.5 years 4 (0.7) 6 (1.6) 0.49 (0.08 – 1.76) 0.44 0.53 (0.15 – 1.91) 0.33
 ≥ 4.5 years 4 (0.7) 7 (1.9) 0.41 (0.14 – 1.40) 0.28 0.41 (0.12 – 1.43) 0.16
*

Adjusted for age, race, family history of prostate cancer and PSA screening history

^

Excluded participants who did not answer questions on current use or duration of use