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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Aug 21;23(11):2404–2412. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0236

Table 4.

Odds ratios for high-grade§ PC risk as a function of BMI, WC, SFA, VFA and PPAT area

All (n=308)* Non-black (n=115)** Black (n=193)**
n OR 95% CI n OR 95% CI n OR 95% CI
BMI (kg/m2)
Normal 64 1.00 Ref 24 1.00 Ref 40 1.00 Ref
Overweight 110 0.90 0.43–1.89 44 1.08 0.32–3.62 66 0.84 0.32–2.21
Obese 73 1.03 0.45–2.34 23 1.43 0.34–6.06 50 0.96 0.34–2.68
Severely obese 61 2.97 1.21–7.26 24 2.54 0.59–10.91 37 3.71 1.14–12.1
p-trend 0.054 0.119 0.170

WC (cm)
T1 (≤100) 102 1.00 Ref 33 1.00 Ref 69 1.00 Ref
T2 (101–111) 103 1.27 0.66–2.46 42 1.12 0.36–3.48 61 1.29 0.55–2.95
T3 (≥112) 103 2.00 1.02–3.92 40 1.54 0.48–4.92 63 2.45 1.04–5.77
p-trend 0.040 0.446 0.040

SFA (cm2)
T1 (≤236) 102 1.00 Ref 39 1.00 Ref 63 1.00 Ref
T2 (237–353) 103 1.35 0.70–2.60 47 1.12 0.39–3.24 56 1.52 0.64–3.62
T3 (≥354) 103 2.35 1.19–4.65 29 4.08 1.05–15.91 74 2.07 0.91–4.71
p-trend 0.025 0.048 0.093

VFA (cm2)
T1 (≤168) 102 1.00 Ref 23 1.00 Ref 79 1.00 Ref
T2 (169–263) 103 1.16 0.59–2.24 41 0.46 0.12–1.78 62 1.30 0.57–2.94
T3 (≥264) 103 2.12 1.07–4.22 51 0.64 0.18–2.24 52 4.23 1.67–10.69
p-trend 0.024 0.831 0.002

PPAT area (cm2)
T1 (≤32) 102 1.00 Ref 23 1.00 Ref 79 1.00 Ref
T2 (33–43) 103 1.05 0.55–2.00 42 0.24 0.06–0.98 62 1.61 0.72–3.59
T3 (≥44) 103 1.39 0.70–2.76 50 0.37 0.08–1.60 52 1.88 0.80–4.44
p-trend 0.342 0.539 0.135

BMI=body mass index; PPAT=periprostatic adipose tissue; Ref=reference group; SFA=subcutaneous fat area; T=tertile; VFA=visceral fat area; WC=waist circumference

§

Biopsy Gleason ≥7 versus <7

*

Adjusted for age, race, PSA, clinical stage, duration of ADT, year of radiation

**

Adjusted for age, PSA, clinical stage, duration of ADT, year of radiation