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. 2014 May 28;114(6b):E90–E98. doi: 10.1111/bju.12741

Table 4.

Association between circumcision status and prostate cancer, by ancestry, among subjects participating in the PROtEuS, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2005–2009

Ancestry Circumcised (N = 1216)
Not circumcised (N = 1899)
OR (95% CI) * P-value for circumcision–ancestry interaction term
Cases n (%) Controls n (%) Cases n (%) Controls n (%)
White 526 (50.0) 525 (50.0) 814 (50.7) 790 (49.3) 0.95 (0.80–1.12)
Black 22 (41.5) 31 (58.5) 81 (64.8) 44 (35.2) 0.40 (0.19–0.86) 0.02
Asian 6 (23.1) 20 (76.9) 19 (27.5) 50 (72.5) 1.09 (0.28–4.20) 0.92
Other 33 (38.4) 53 (61.6) 42 (41.6) 59 (58.4) 0.79 (0.40–1.56) 0.61
*

Models adjusted for age at diagnosis for cases and age at interview for controls, family history of prostate cancer, ever had an STI, prostate cancer screening ≤2 years, highest education level achieved.

There were 13 circumcised and 13 uncircumcised men for whom ancestry was unknown.