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. 2016 Aug 4;115(5):624–631. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.228

Table 2. ORsa and 95% CIs for the overall association between one s.d. increase in PUFA-specific wPRSs and prostate cancer risk, and associations stratified by potential effect measure modifiers using individual-level data from the PRACTICAL consortium.

    ω-6 PUFAs
ω-3 PUFAs
    Linoleic acid (LA)
Arachidonic acid (AA)
α-Linolenic acid (ALA)
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)
Docosapentaenoic acid (DPA)
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)
Subgroup Cases/Controls OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value
Overall
All men 22 721/23 034 1.00 0.98, 1.02 0.65 1.01 0.99, 1.03 0.36 0.99 0.97, 1.01 0.38 1.01 0.99, 1.03 0.31 1.01 0.99, 1.03 0.16 1.00 0.98, 1.02 0.81
Smoking status
Ever smokers 4789/4914 0.99 0.95, 1.04 0.81 1.01 0.97, 1.05 0.69 0.99 0.95, 1.03 0.66 1.01 0.97, 1.06 0.65 1.01 0.97, 1.05 0.66 1.00 0.96, 1.04 0.99
Never smokers 3091/2954 1.00 0.95, 1.06 0.98 1.01 0.95, 1.07 0.76 0.99 0.94, 1.05 0.81 0.99 0.93, 1.04 0.62 1.00 0.94, 1.05 0.94 0.98 0.93, 1.04 0.56
Pinteractionb   0.87
0.99
0.92
0.50
0.74
0.65
Age
<62 years of age 8259/13 684 0.95 0.92, 0.98 2.6 × 10−4 1.05 1.02, 1.08 2.0 × 10−3 0.96 0.93, 0.98 1.7 × 10−3 1.04 1.01, 1.06 1.7 × 10−2 1.05 1.02, 1.08 2.0 × 10−3 1.01 0.98, 1.04 0.43
⩾62 years of age 14 462/9350 1.04 1.01, 1.07 6.0 × 10−3 0.98 0.95, 1.01 0.11 1.02 0.99, 1.05 0.10 0.99 0.96, 1.02 0.43 0.99 0.96, 1.01 0.28 0.99 0.96, 1.02 0.48
Pinteractionb   5.2 × 10−6
8.5 × 10−4
6.5 × 10−4
2.3 × 10−2
2.8 × 10−3
0.29
Disease severity
Advanced cancerc 4802/23 034 0.99 0.97, 1.01 0.24 1.01 0.99, 1.04 0.58 0.99 0.97, 1.01 0.59 1.01 0.99, 1.03 0.96 1.02 0.99, 1.03 0.69 1.00 0.98, 1.02 0.43
Non-advanced cancer 17 919/23 034 1.02 0.99, 1.05 0.31 0.99 0.96, 1.02 0.19 1.01 0.98, 1.04 0.20 1.00 0.97, 1.03 0.23 1.01 0.97, 1.04 0.13 1.01 0.98, 1.05 0.99
Phomogeneityd   0.10
0.32
0.28
0.59
0.65
0.62
Method of detection
Screen-detected 4414/23 034 0.98 0.94, 1.02 0.25 1.04 0.99, 1.08 0.06 0.97 0.93, 1.00 0.07 1.03 0.99, 1.07 0.08 1.03 0.99, 1.07 0.08 1.00 0.96, 1.04 0.93
Clinically-detected 8597/23 034 1.00 0.97, 1.03 0.86 1.00 0.97, 1.03 0.92 1.00 0.97, 1.03 0.98 0.99 0.96, 1.02 0.58 1.00 0.97, 1.03 0.97 0.99 0.96, 1.02 0.52
Phomogeneityd   0.43 0.15 0.20 0.12 0.24 0.69

Abbreviations: 95% CIs=95% confidence intervals; ORs=odds ratios; s.d.= standard deviation; wPRSs= weighted-polygenic risk scores.

a

ORs and 95% CIs adjusted for age, eight principal components for European ancestry, and PRACTICAL study site, and represent one s.d. increase in each PUFA-specific wPRS (i.e., 1.20 for LA, 1.13 for AA, 0.01 for ALA, 0.06 for EPA, 0.06 for DPA, and 0.08 for DHA).

b

Interaction assessed on a multiplicative scale using the likelihood ratio test.

c

Advanced prostate cancer refers to prostate cancer cases with either Gleason score ⩾ 8, death from prostate cancer, metastatic disease, or prostate-specific antigen levels > 100 ng ml−1 at diagnosis.

d

ORs and 95% CIs for advanced vs non-advanced and screen-detected vs clinically-detected prostate cancers were estimated using polytomous regression. A homogeneity test was conducted to assess statistically significant differences between stratum-specific estimates.