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. 2018 Nov 29;188(3):579–586. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy261

Table 1.

Baselinea Characteristics of 2,299 Eligible Participants After Diagnosis With Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer, Health Professionals Follow-up Study, 2000–2010

Characteristic Mean (SD) %
Age, years 68.9 (6.3)
Body mass indexb 26.0 (3.2)
Current physical activity, hours/week
 Vigorous 1.8 (2.7)
 Moderate 7.1 (7.5)
Caucasian race/ethnicity 93
Parental history of MI (at age ≤60 years) 12
Current smoker 2
History of smoking before diagnosis 55
PSA level at diagnosis, ng/mL
 <4 15
 4–10 68
 ≥10 17
Clinical stagec at diagnosis
 T1 72
 T2 27
 T3, T4, N1/M0 1
Gleason grade at diagnosis
 <7 64
 7 27
 >7 9
Primary treatment
 Radical prostatectomy 50
 Radiation therapy 40
 Hormones 2
 Watchful waiting 7
 Other 1

Abbreviations: MI, myocardial infarction; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; SD, standard deviation.

a Baseline refers to the return date of the first questionnaire after prostate cancer diagnosis.

b Body mass index was calculated as weight (kg)/height (m)2.

c Tumor-node-metastasis classification system (12).