Table 1.

Characteristics of the prostate cancer group and the control group.

		Prostate cancer	Controls
No. of subjects		49	40
Gleason score	Gleason 3 + 3 = 6	19 (38.8 %)
	Gleason 3 + 4 = 7	20 (40.8%)
	Gleason 4 + 3 = 7	4 (8.2 %)
	Gleason 4 + 4 = 8	4 (8.2 %)
	Gleason 4 + 5 = 9	1 (2.0 %)
	Gleason 5 + 4 = 9	1 (2.0 %)
Age [years]	Average	67.7	61.3
	Median	67	62.5
	Minimum	52	40
	Maximum	86	79
BMI [kg/m2]	Average	27.5	27.2
	Median	27.2	28.4
	Minimum	21.1	21.1
	Maximum	36.0	32.0
Smoking status	Yes	9 (18.4 %)	5 (12.5 %)
	No	40 (81.6 %)	35 (87.5 %)
Prostate cancer in family	Yes	9 (18.4 %)	5 (12.5 %)
	No	40 (81.6 %)	35 (87.5 %)