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. 2020 Jun 15;20:551. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-07036-4

Table 1.

Characteristics of men in PCBaSe 4.1 diagnosed with prostate cancer between 2014 and 2016 (n = 31,415) and their matched controls (n = 154,812)

Controls, N = 154,812 Cases, N = 31,415
N % N %
Age (year),n(%)
  < 50 1617 1.0 326 1.0
 50–59 17,806 11.5 3625 11.5
 60–69 61,287 39.6 12,514 39.8
 70–79 54,062 34.9 10,900 34.7
 80+ 20,040 12.9 4050 12.9
Education level,n(%)
 Low 48,882 31.6 9311 29.6
 Middle 79,904 51.6 16,553 52.7
 High 24,159 15.6 5348 17.0
 Missing 18,67 1.2 203 0.6
Civil status,n(%)
 Married 92,576 59.8 20,122 64.1
 Not married 24,431 15.8 4120 13.1
 Divorced 26,647 17.2 4946 15.7
 Widower 11,151 7.2 2216 7.1
 Missing 7 0.0 11 0.0
CCI,n(%)
 0 113,602 73.4 23,616 75.2
 1 20,102 13.0 3734 11.9
 2 12,032 7.8 2501 8.0
 3+ 9076 5.9 1562 5.0

Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding

Abbreviations: N number, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index