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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Res Clin Pract. 2013 Aug 6;8(4):e374–e381. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2013.06.002

Table 3.

Tumor Characteristics and Cancer Treatment by BMI status

Tumor Characteristics and Cancer Treatment Cases Controls

Healthy (18.5–24.9) Overweight/Obese (≥25) Healthy (18.5–24.9) Overweight/Obese (≥25) P-Value (Chi-Square)
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
 Total 64 259 109 319
Gleason Score
<7 6 (32%) 13 (68%) 34 (28%) 89 (72%) 0.72
7 25 (16%) 132 (84%) 43 (23%) 146 (77%) 0.11
8+ 28 (22%) 98 (78%) 16 (39%) 25 (61%) 0.03
Missing 5 (24%) 16 (76%) 16 (21%) 60 (79%) 0.79
Tumor grade
1 0 (0%) 4 (100%) 1 (14%) 6 (86%) 0.43
2 8 (22%) 29 (78%) 41 (27%) 112 (73%) 0.52
3 56 (20%) 226 (80%) 67 (25%) 198 (75%) 0.13
Missing 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3 (100%)
Positive Margins
Yes 18 (12%) 128 (88%) 42 (27%) 112 (73%) 0.001
No 39 (26%) 110 (74%) 50 (25%) 148 (75%) 0.85
Missing 7 (25%) 21 (75%) 17 (22%) 60 (78%) 0.75
Lymph nodes
Yes 6 (14%) 38 (86%) 11 (38%) 18 (62%) 0.02
No 44 (21%) 167 (79%) 68 (25%) 204 (75%) 0.28
Missing 14 (21%) 54 (79%) 30 (24%) 97 (76%) 0.63
PSA at diagnosis
0–6 12 (20%) 47 (80%) 14 (16%) 72 (84%) 0.53
7–10 5 (10%) 45 (90%) 35 (35%) 66 (65%) 0.001
11–18 11 (19=%) 46 (81%) 25 (27%) 68 (73%) 0.29
19+ 20 (26%) 57 (74%) 17 (24%) 53 (76%) 0.81
Missing 16 (20%) 64 (80%) 18 (23%) 60 (77%) 0.64
Stage at diagnosis
2 14 (14%) 84 (86%) 54 (25%) 163 (75%) 0.03
3 40 (24%) 128 (76%) 42 (24%) 132 (76%) 0.94
4 10 (18%) 47 (82%) 13 (35%) 24 (65%) 0.05
Primary Treatment
Curative treatment > 6 months after diagnosis
Yes 47 (21%) 175 (79%) 69 (24%) 216 (76%) 0.42
No 17 (17%) 84 (83%) 40 (28%) 103 (72%) 0.04
Radiation-curative intent
Yes 15 (15%) 84 (85%) 10 (15%) 55 (85%) 0.97
No 49 (22%) 175 (78%) 99 (27%) 264 (73%) 0.14
ADT
Yes 3 (17%) 15 (83%) 5 (26%) 14 (74%) 0.48
No 61 (20%) 244 (80%) 104 (25%) 305 (75%) 0.09
Radiation without ADT 13 (14%) 82 (86%) 8 (13%) 53 (87%) 0.92
Radiation with ADT 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 1.00