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

Table 4.

Association of T2DM medications with risk categories of prostate cancer 1

Low-risk category Intermediate-risk group High-risk group 2
Controls (N) Cases (N) OR 95% CI Controls (N) Cases (N) OR 95% CI Controls (N) Cases (N) OR 95% CI
T2DM
 no DM 36,247 7781 Ref 43,691 9201 Ref 46,549 9563 Ref
 T2DM 5898 784 0.65 (0.66–0.70) 8280 1355 0.8 (0.75–0.85) 10,084 1910 0.92 (0.87–0.97)
Duration of T2DM (years)
 no DM 36,247 7781 Ref 43,691 9201 Ref 46,549 9563 Ref
  < 1 320 63 0.98 (0.75–1.29) 447 111 1.23 (0.99–1.51) 507 126 1.21 (0.99–1.47)
 1 - < 5 1600 217 0.66 (0.57–0.76) 2021 331 0.81 (0.72–0.91) 2184 403 0.9 (0.81–1.01)
 5 - < 10 1676 216 0.63 (0.54–0.72) 2292 379 0.8 (0.72–0.90) 2710 507 0.91 (0.82–1.00)
 10 - < 20 1726 216 0.61 (0.53–0.71) 2520 401 0.78 (0.70–0.87) 3272 611 0.9 (0.83–0.99)
 20 576 72 0.62 (0.48–0.79) 1000 133 0.65 (0.54–0.78) 1411 263 0.88 (0.77–1.01)
Duration of Insulin (years)
 no DM 36,247 7781 Ref 43,691 9201 Ref 46,549 9563 Ref
 0.5 - < 3 587 49 0.42 (0.31–0.56) 751 113 0.76 (0.62–0.94) 976 160 0.78 (0.65–0.92)
 3 - < 5 369 37 0.53 (0.38–0.75) 506 57 0.57 (0.43–0.76) 574 101 0.86 (0.70–1.10)
 5 908 98 0.55 (0.44–0.68) 1470 196 0.65 (0.56–0.76) 1829 339 0.89 (0.79–1.00)
 Missing 4034 600 5553 989 6705 1310
Duration of high-dose Metformin (years)
 no DM 36,247 7781 Ref 43,691 9201 Ref 46,549 9563 Ref
 0.5 - < 3 1609 207 0.63 (0.54–0.73) 2138 336 0.77 (0.68–0.86) 2418 435 0.87 (0.78–0.97)
 3 - < 5 612 64 0.52 (0.40–0.68) 855 147 0.85 (0.71–1.01) 924 185 0.98 (0.83–1.15)
 5 530 66 0.61 (0.47–0.79) 771 123 0.77 (0.64–0.94) 751 176 1.17 (0.99–1.38)
 Missing 3147 447 4516 749 5991 1114
Duration of low-dose Metformin (years)
 no DM 36,247 7781 Ref 43,691 9201 Ref 46,549 9563 Ref
 0.5 - < 3 2602 314 0.6 (0.53–0.68) 3470 513 0.73 (0.66–0.80) 3718 709 0.92 (0.85–1.00)
 3 - < 5 920 119 0.63 (0.52–0.77) 1259 238 0.9 (0.78–1.04) 1634 287 0.86 (0.75–0.98)
 5 401 56 0.67 (0.51–0.89) 607 103 0.84 (0.68–1.03) 844 173 1 (0.84–1.18)
 Missing 1975 1297 2944 501 3888 741
Duration of SU (years)
 no DM 36,247 7781 Ref 43,691 9201 Ref 46,549 9563 Ref
 0.5 - < 3 593 64 0.53 (0.41–0.69) 881 132 0.73 (0.61–0.89) 1059 170 0.76 (0.64–0.90)
 3 - < 5 342 42 0.6 (0.43–0.83) 452 67 0.7 (0.54–0.91) 567 98 0.79 (0.64–0.99)
 5 367 48 0.68 (0.50–0.92) 602 82 0.66 (0.52–0.84) 882 154 0.85 (0.72–1.02)
 Missing 4596 630 6345 1074 7576 1488

1 The results were adjusted for CCI, education level, civil status and the age at year of PCa onset

2 We combined high risk, reginal metastases, and distant metastases into high-risk category group