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Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Nov 21;26(5):1086–1093. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-2853

Table 2:

Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals of the association between statin use and risk of prostate cancer subgroups defined by tumor characteristics in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, 1990–2014

Cases, n HRa (95% CI) HRb (95% CI)
All cases 6,305
Current statin use
 Never/past 4,807 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Current 1,498 1.10 (1.03–1.17) 1.00 (0.93–1.08)
Ever statin use
 Never 4,515 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Ever 1,790 1.08 (1.01–1.14) 0.99 (0.92–1.06)
Duration of statin use
 Never 4,515 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 <5 years 914 1.09 (1.01–1.17) 1.02 (0.94–1.10)
 ≥5 years 876 1.06 (0.98–1.15) 0.95 (0.87–1.04)
Per year of statin use 6,305 1.01 (1.00–1.02) 1.00 (0.99–1.01)

Localized casesc 4,783
Current statin use
 Never/past 3,572 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Current 1,211 1.14 (1.07–1.23) 1.01 (0.93–1.09)
Ever statin use
 Never 3,350 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Ever 1,433 1.11 (1.03–1.18) 0.99 (0.91–1.07)
Duration of statin use
 Never 3,350 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 <5 years 725 1.12 (1.03–1.21) 1.02 (0.93–1.12)
 ≥5 years 708 1.10 (1.00–1.20) 0.94 (0.85–1.04)
Per year of statin use 4,783 1.01 (1.00–1.02) 1.00 (0.99–1.01)

Advanced casesd 485
Current statin use
 Never/past 409 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Current 76 0.87 (0.67–1.13) 0.98 (0.73–1.31)
Ever statin use
 Never 388 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Ever 97 0.92 (0.72–1.17) 1.06 (0.80–1.41)
Duration of statin use
 Never 388 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 <5 years 62 1.08 (0.82–1.43) 1.24 (0.91–1.68)
 ≥5 years 35 0.69 (0.47–1.00) 0.80 (0.53–1.20)
Per year of statin use 485 0.97 (0.93–1.00) 0.98 (0.94–1.02)

Low grade casese 3,918
Current statin use
 Never/past 2,948 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Current 970 1.14 (1.05–1.23) 1.00 (0.91–1.09)
Ever statin use
 Never 2,775 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Ever 1,143 1.10 (1.02–1.18) 0.97 (0.89–1.05)
Duration of statin use
 Never 2,775 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 <5 years 577 1.08 (0.99–1.19) 0.99 (0.89–1.09)
 ≥5 years 566 1.11 (1.01–1.23) 0.94 (0.84–1.05)
Per year of statin use 3,918 1.01 (1.00–1.02) 1.00 (0.99–1.01)

High grade casesf 1,421
Current statin use
 Never/past 1,064 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Current 357 1.07 (0.94–1.22) 1.01 (0.87–1.16)
Ever statin use
 Never 989 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Ever 432 1.06 (0.99–1.02) 1.02 (0.88–1.17)
Duration of statin use
 Never 989 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 <5 years 221 1.13 (0.97–1.31) 1.08 (0.92–1.28)
 ≥5 years 211 0.99 (0.84–1.17) 0.94 (0.78–1.12)
Per year of statin use 1,421 1.00 (0.99–1.02) 1.00 (0.98–1.01)

Lethal casesg 801
Current statin use
 Never/past 695 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Current 106 0.71 (0.57–0.88) 0.76 (0.60–0.96)
Ever statin use
 Never 662 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Ever 139 0.76 (0.63–0.93) 0.83 (0.66–1.04)
Duration of statin use
 Never 662 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 <5 years 88 0.90 (0.71–1.13) 0.96 (0.75–1.23)
 ≥5 years 51 0.59 (0.43–0.80) 0.65 (0.47–0.90)
Per year of statin use 801 0.95 (0.92–0.98) 0.96 (0.93–0.99)
a

adjusted for age and calendar time

b

adjusted for age, calendar time, race (white, African American, Asian American, other), family history of prostate cancer in father/brother (yes, no), height (≤68, >68–70, >70–72, >72 inches), body mass index (BMI) at age 21 (<20, 20–<22.5, 22.5–<25, ≥25 kg/m2), current BMI (<21, 21–<25, 25–<30, ≥30 kg/m2), smoking (never, former/quit >10 years, former/quit ≤10 years, current), history of high cholesterol (yes, no), history of hypertension (yes, no), history of diabetes (yes, no), PSA testing in the two years prior to the questionnaire date (yes, no, lagged by one period to avoid counting diagnostic PSA tests), PSA testing in >50% of possible time periods (yes, no, lagged by one period to avoid counting diagnostic PSA tests), aspirin use (yes, no), physical activity (quintiles of metabolic equivalent hours/week), and total calories (quintiles of kcal/day)

c

Localized cases defined as stage T1a – T2b and N0, M0 at diagnosis

d

Advanced cases defined as stage T3b – T4, N1, or M1 at diagnosis

e

Low grade cases defined as ≤Gleason 3+4 at diagnosis

f

High grade defined as ≥Gleason 4+3 at diagnosis

g

Lethal cases defined as M1 at diagnosis or distant metastasis / fatal during follow up