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. 2020 Jul 8;9(17):6421–6429. doi: 10.1002/cam4.3241

TABLE 2.

Associations between body mass index (BMI) trajectories and prostate cancer risk

BMI trajectories Controls Cases
n = 829 (%) All Low and intermediate a Aggressive b
n = 781 (%) OR [95% CI] c n = 593 (%) OR [95% CI] c n = 176 (%) OR [95% CI] c
Stable normal BMI 302 (36.5) 282 (36.1) 1.00 reference 218 (36.8) 1.00 reference 58 (33.0) 1.00 reference
Normal BMI to overweight 239 (28.8) 221 (28.3) 1.04 [0.80‐1.35] 171 (28.8) 1.03 [0.78‐1.37] 48 (27.3) 1.11 [0.71‐1.74]
Growing overweight 194 (23.4) 187 (23.9) 1.03 [0.78‐1.36] 137 (23.1) 0.96 [0.71‐1.30] 46 (26.1) 1.27 [0.80‐2.00]
Normal BMI to obesity 64 (7.7) 58 (7.4) 0.98 [0.64‐1.49] 46 (7.8) 1.05 [0.67‐1.63] 12 (6.8) 0.81 [0.36‐1.81]
Overweight to obesity 30 (3.6) 33 (4.2) 1.05 [0.60‐1.86] 21 (3.5) 0.81 [0.42‐1.54] 12 (6.8) 2.16 [1.00‐4.66]
a

Gleason ≤ 7 (3 + 4).

b

Gleason ≥ 7 (4 + 3).

c

ORs adjusted for age, family history of cancer at first degree, ethnicity.