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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 Oct 23;28(1):208–216. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0079

Table 2.

Among ProtecT cases and controls, odds of prostate cancer for top metabolites1

Name OR LCI UCI P-value2

Lipids and Lipoprotein Subclass Characteristics
Small HDL (particle concentration) 1.102 1.042 1.167 0.00070
VLDL (mean particle diameter) 0.906 0.856 0.958 0.00056
Cholesterol Esters (CE)
CE in medium LDL 1.105 1.044 1.170 0.00058
CE to total lipids ratio in medium LDL 1.108 1.044 1.180 0.00062
CE in small HDL 1.135 1.071 1.205 0.00002
CE to total lipids ratio in small HDL 1.100 1.038 1.167 0.00111
CE in small LDL 1.099 1.039 1.165 0.00107
CE to total lipids ratio in small LDL 1.100 1.037 1.169 0.00139
Free (FC) & Total Cholesterol (TC)
FC in IDL 1.105 1.044 1.170 0.00057
FC in large LDL 1.101 1.041 1.166 0.00080
FC in medium HDL 1.109 1.045 1.179 0.00060
FC to total lipids ratio in medium HDL 1.109 1.045 1.179 0.00055
TC in HDL3 1.098 1.038 1.162 0.00109
TC in medium LDL 1.100 1.039 1.164 0.00095
TC to total lipids ratio in medium LDL 1.100 1.039 1.167 0.00105
TC in small HDL 1.144 1.080 1.213 <0.00001
TC to total lipids ratio in small HDL 1.099 1.039 1.165 0.00106
TC in small LDL 1.097 1.037 1.161 0.00132
TC to total lipids ratio in small LDL 1.100 1.039 1.166 0.00107
TC to total lipids ratio in small VLDL 1.099 1.038 1.163 0.00105
Phospholipids (PL) & Total Lipids (TL)
PL in IDL 1.100 1.040 1.164 0.00092
PL to total lipids ratio in medium LDL 0.904 0.853 0.957 0.00046
PL to total lipids ratio in medium VLDL 1.145 1.082 1.211 <0.00001
PL in very small VLDL 1.099 1.039 1.163 0.00103
PL to total lipids ratio in very small VLDL 1.120 1.056 1.190 0.00013
TL in small HDL 1.108 1.048 1.173 0.00035
Triglycerides (TG)
TG to total lipids ratio in medium VLDL 0.907 0.857 0.959 0.00064
TG to total lipids ratio in small VLDL 0.906 0.856 0.958 0.00055
Fatty Acids (FA)
Ratio of omega-6 FA to total FA 1.102 1.041 1.166 0.00080
Ratio of saturated FA to total FA 0.890 0.841 0.942 0.00006
Amino Acids
Isoleucine 0.893 0.844 0.944 0.00008
Leucine 0.901 0.851 0.953 0.00027
Tyrosine 0.886 0.837 0.937 0.00003
Valine 0.913 0.863 0.965 0.00139
Fluid Balance
Albumin 1.104 1.043 1.168 0.00065

ProtecT=Prostate Testing for Cancer and Treatment trial; OR=odds ratio; LCI=lower limit of 95% confidence interval; UCI=upper limit of 95% confidence interval; HDL= high-density lipoprotein; LDL=low-density lipoprotein; VLDL=very low-density lipoprotein; IDL=intermediate-density lipoprotein.

1

Models adjusted for age, centre, and imputed family history of prostate cancer (imputed because family history was only available for 90% of subjects).

2

P-value threshold corrected for multiple testing (P<0.05/37=0.0014).