Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the EPICAP Study population
| Cases | Controls | P values* | |
| n=818 (%) | n=875 (%) | ||
| Gleason Score | |||
| ≤7 (3+4) | 623 (77.4) | _ | |
| ≥7 (4+3) | 182 (22.6) | _ | |
| Age (years) | 0.15 | ||
| <55 | 48 (5.9) | 59 (6.7) | |
| (55–60) | 99 (12.1) | 99 (11.3) | |
| (60–65) | 216 (26.4) | 200 (22.9) | |
| (65–70) | 274 (33.5) | 283 (32.3) | |
| ≥70 | 181 (22.1) | 234 (26.7) | |
| Race | 0.41 | ||
| Caucasian | 794 (97.1) | 855 (97.7) | |
| Other | 24 (2.9) | 20 (2.3) | |
| Family history of prostate cancer | <0.0001 | ||
| No | 632 (77.7) | 796 (91.3) | |
| Yes | 181 (22.3) | 76 (8.7) | |
| Educational level | 0.59 | ||
| Primary or less | 179 (21.9) | 190 (21.7) | |
| High School | 379 (46.3) | 424 (48.5) | |
| University | 260 (31.8) | 260 (29.6) | |
| Body mass index | 0.57 | ||
| <25 | 230 (28.4) | 247 (29.1) | |
| (25–30) | 399 (49.2) | 397 (46.7) | |
| ≥30 | 182 (22.4) | 206 (24.2) | |
| Physical activity | 0.11 | ||
| No | 191 (23.4) | 177 (20.1) | |
| Yes | 626 (76.6) | 698 (79.8) | |
| Smoking | 0.27 | ||
| Non-smoker | 240 (29.4) | 246 (28.1) | |
| Former smoker | 454 (55.6) | 475 (54.3) | |
| Current smoker | 123 (15.1) | 157 (17.6) | |
| Alcohol drinking | 0.6 | ||
| No | 72 (8.8) | 84 (9.6) | |
| Yes | 745 (91.2) | 791 (90.4) | |
| Chronotype | 0.3 | ||
| Neither chronotype | 403 (49.3) | 436 (49.8) | |
| Morning chronotype | 301 (36.8) | 297 (33.9) | |
| Evening chronotype | 113 (13.8) | 142 (16.2) | |
| Lifetime average sleep duration/night (hours) | 0.9 | ||
| <7 | 174 (21.3) | 186 (21.3) | |
| 7 | 288 (35.3) | 301 (34.4) | |
| ≥8 | 354 (43.4) | 388 (44.3) |
*Age-adjusted p values (except for age).