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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 May 21;27(8):936–944. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0242

Table 5.

Associations between waist circumference and prostate cancer in African-American and European-American men

Disease Categories Casesb/Control Waist circumferencea, cm P for trende

20.8 – 89.9 90 – 99.6 100 – 109.9 110 – 197.8
OR (95% CI)c,d
Low-Grade Cancerf
AA 332/474 1 [Reference] 0.42 (0.27 – 0.66) 0.67 (0.43 – 1.06) 0.31 (0.21 – 0.48) 0.000
EA 326/534 1 [Reference] 0.42 (0.27 – 0.65) 0.39 (0.26 – 0.58) 0.29 (0.19 – 0.45) 0.000
High-Grade Cancerg
AA 70/474 1 [Reference] 0.43 (0.20 – 0.95) 0.61 (0.27 – 1.37) 0.31 (0.14 – 0.66) 0.003
EA 70/534 1 [Reference] 0.49 (0.20 – 1.18) 0.52 (0.25 – 1.08) 0.76 (0.39 – 1.46) 0.257

Low-Stage Cancerh
AA 353/474 1 [Reference] 0.45 (0.29 – 0.69) 0.68 (0.44 – 1.06) 0.33 (0.22 – 0.50) 0.000
EA 337/534 1 [Reference] 0.40 (0.26 – 0.62) 0.38 (0.25 – 0.57) 0.37 (0.25 – 0.56) 0.000
High-Stage Canceri
AA 49/474 1 [Reference] 0.29 (0.11 – 0.76) 0.62 (0.26 – 1.49) 0.15 (0.05 – 0.44) 0.001
EA 59/534 1 [Reference] 0.61 (0.28 – 1.33) 0.57 (0.27 – 1.18) 0.29 (0.12 – 0.70) 0.005

Non-Aggressive Cancerj
AA 307/474 1 [Reference] 0.42 (0.26 – 0.66) 0.67 (0.42 – 1.06) 0.32 (0.21 – 0.50) 0.000
EA 293/534 1 [Reference] 0.41 (0.26 – 0.65) 0.39 (0.26 – 0.60) 0.33 (0.21 – 0.51) 0.000
Aggressive Cancerk
AA 95/474 1 [Reference] 0.44 (0.22 – 0.87) 0.70 (0.35 – 1.39) 0.28 (0.14 – 0.56) 0.001
EA 103/534 1 [Reference] 0.48 (0.24 – 0.94) 0.47 (0.25 – 0.86) 0.47 (0.26 – 0.85) 0.004
a

Waist circumference measured twice at enrollment, average score used. Categories based on Arden et al. 2014.

b

Cases recruited within 1 year after disease diagnosis with an average interval between diagnosis and enrollment of 4.8 months.

c

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

d

Models adjusted for age at recruitment, education, diabetes, family history of prostate cancer, and smoking status.

e

P for trend tested with BMI as a continuous variable.

f

Gleason score ≤7.

g

Gleason score >7.

h

Cases pathologically confirmed using AJCC 7th edition T1 or T2.

i

Cases pathologically confirmed using AJCC 7th edition T3 or T4.

j

Cases with pathologically confirmed T1 or T2 and Gleason score ≤7.

k

Cases with pathologically confirmed T3 or T4 or Gleason score >7.