Table 1.

Summary Statistics for the Study Variables: The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, Men (N = 5,218)

Variables	Diagnosed with prostate cancer (n = 259)	Not diagnosed with prostate cancer (n = 4,959)
Age	64.375 (1.692)	64.412 (1.737)
At least some college education	.575*	.497
Occupation:
Professional, managerial	.333	.321
Sales, clerical, service	.184	.205
Crafts, operative, technician,	.190	.162
Wealth (ln)	11.732 (3.021)	11.487 (3.220)
Married	.911	.868
Number of children	2.988 (1.699)	2.844 (1.606)
Health behaviors:
Never smoked	.441	.412
Current smoker	.145	.128
Former smoker	.419	.459
Abstains from drinking	.204*	.274
Moderate drinking (1–2 drinks per day)	.653*	.593
Heavy drinking	.143	.132
Light physical activity	3.220 (.850)	3.217 (.775)
Vigorous physical activity	1.938* (1.089)	2.100 (1.181)
Normal weight (BMI <25)	.166	.175
Overweight (BMI 25–29.9)	.633	.621
Obese (BMI ≥ 30)	.201	.204
Prostate exam in 2004–2005	.718***	.549

Note. Each cell contains means/proportions and standard errors for means (in parentheses).

Asterisks denote significant differences between men with and without prostate cancer:

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001.