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. 2014 Sep 8;9(9):e104789. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104789

Table 3. Odds ratio of DM groups being associated with overall prostate cancer or high-grade (Gleason score ≥7) prostate cancer detection on prostate biopsy.

Overall prostate cancer detection
Unadjusted Adjusted
OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
Age 1.059 (1.043–1.076) <0.001 1.062 (1.043–1.081) <0.001
PSA 1.043 (1.030–1.056) <0.001 1.051 (1.033–1.069) <0.001
Prostate volume 0.974 (0.966–0.981) <0.001 0.957 (0.948–0.966) <0.001
Abnormal DRE finding 2.341 (1.661–3.300) <0.001 1.556 (1.033–2.345) 0.034
DM− reference - reference -
DM+GC 0.612 (0.434–0.863) 0.005 0.759 (0.517–1.115) 0.160
DM+PC 1.903 (1.254–2.888) 0.002 2.313 (1.408–3.799) 0.001
High-grade prostate cancer
Unadjusted Adjusted
OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
Age 1.062 (1.043–1.082) <0.001 1.057 (1.035–1.079) <0.001
PSA 1.039 (1.027–1.051) <0.001 1.066 (1.046–1.085) <0.001
Prostate volume 0.973 (0.965–0.982) <0.001 0.951 (0.940–0.963) <0.001
Abnormal DRE finding 1.967 (1.351–2.865) <0.001 1.270 (0.803–2.008) 0.307
DM− reference - reference -
DM+GC 0.560 (0.371–0.845) 0.006 0.692 (0.434–1.104) 0.122
DM+PC 1.095 (0.666–1.799) 0.721 1.297 (0.729–2.307) 0.376

OR, odds ratio for positive biopsy; CI, confidence interval; DRE, digital rectal examination, DM, diabetes mellitus; DM−, no DM; DM+GC, DM with good glycemic control, HbA1c <6.5%; DM+PC, DM with poor glycemic control, HbA1c ≥6.5%.