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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 28.
Published in final edited form as: Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2017 Dec 27;21(2):252–259. doi: 10.1038/s41391-017-0030-9

Table 3.

Association between serum levels of LDL and HDL and prostate cancer risk at the 2-year biopsy in REDUCE

Overall prostate cancer risk Low-grade prostate cancer High-grade prostate cancer
OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
LDL
Unadjusted
  Normal 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
  Borderline 1.05 (0.80–1.37) 0.723 1.23 (0.88–1.71) 0.229 0.77 (0.51–1.18) 0.233
  High 0.92 (0.68–1.24) 0.567 1.05 (0.73–1.51) 0.809 0.71 (0.44–1.15) 0.165
Per 10 mg/dl 0.99 (0.97–1.02) 0.451 1.00 (0.97–1.02) 0.749 0.98 (0.94–1.02) 0.345
Adjusted*
  Normal 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
  Borderline 1.04 (0.79–1.37) 0.769 1.19 (0.85–1.66) 0.311 0.80 (0.52–1.24) 0.326
  High 0.86 (0.63–1.18) 0.347 0.97 (0.67–1.42) 0.886 0.68 (0.42–1.13) 0.137
Per 10 mg/dl 0.98 (0.96–1.01) 0.218 0.99 (0.96–1.02) 0.433 0.98 (0.93–1.02) 0.260

HDL††
Unadjusted
  Low 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
  Borderline 1.20 (0.96–1.50) 0.106 1.17 (0.90–1.51) 0.235 1.28 (0.86–1.90) 0.219
  Normal 1.30 (0.99–1.69) 0.055 1.24 (0.91–1.70) 0.167 1.43 (0.90–2.28) 0.130
Per 10 mg/dl 1.10 (1.03–1.17) 0.004 1.08 (1.00–1.17) 0.040 1.14 (1.02–1.27) 0.017
Adjusted*
  Low 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
  Borderline 1.17 (0.93–1.47) 0.176 1.12 (0.86–1.46) 0.397 1.31 (0.87–1.97) 0.197
  Normal 1.19 (0.90–1.58) 0.215 1.12 (0.81–1.55) 0.490 1.39 (0.85–2.28) 0.190
Per 10 mg/dl 1.08 (1.01–1.16) 0.033 1.06 (0.97–1.14) 0.197 1.14 (1.01–1.28) 0.034
*

adjusted for age, race, geographic region, PSA, BMI, DRE, family history of prostate cancer, coronary artery disease, smoking status, diabetes, alcohol use, treatment group, total cholesterol level

LDL analysis additionally adjusted for HDL level

††

HDL analysis additionally adjusted for LDL level