Table 1.
Selected Clinical Characteristics Among Men With Prostate Cancer Between 1982 and 2009 With Measured CaSR in the HPFS and the PHS
| Characteristic | n | |
|---|---|---|
| Follow-up time, y, median (q1, q3) | 1241 | 13.3 (9.7, 17.6) |
| Age at diagnosis, y, mean (SD) | 1241 | 65.6 (5.8) |
| BMI at diagnosis, kg/m2, mean (SD) | 1241 | 25.8 (3.4) |
| PSA at diagnosis, median (q1, q3)a | 1142 | 6.5 (4.8, 10.0) |
| Gleason grade, n (%) | 1241 | |
| <6 | 237 (19) | |
| 3 + 4 | 449 (36) | |
| 4 + 3 | 298 (24) | |
| 8+ | 257 (21) | |
| Pathological TNM, n, %a | 1205 | |
| T2 N0/Nx | 879 (73) | |
| T3 N0/Nx | 293 (24) | |
| T4 N1/M1 | 33 (3) | |
| Year of diagnosis, n, % | 1241 | |
| 1982–1989, pre-PSA era | 58 (5) | |
| 1990–1993, peri-PSA era | 269 (22) | |
| 1994 or later, PSA era | 914 (74) |
Abbreviation: q, quartile.
a
PSA at diagnosis data are missing for 99 cases; pathological TNM data are missing for 36 cases.