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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2020 Jun 24;13(10):853–862. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-19-0450

Table 1.

Characteristics of a subseta of men from the placebo arm of PCPT, by aspirin useb and statins useb

Aspirin Use
Statins Use
No Yes No Yes
N 139 218 242 115
Age at end-of-study biopsy, median 69 70 69 71
Racec, %
 White 96 96 95 97
 Non-white 4 4 5 3
College educationc, % 60 48 54 50
Diabetesc, % 6 6 4 9
BMIc (kg/m2), median 26.7 27.4 26.9 27.3
Smoking statusc, %
 Current 8 8 10 3
 Former 48 66 56 64
 Never 44 27 34 32
Pack-years of smokingc, median 21.5 23.1 21.5 23.1
Physical activityc, %
 Sedentary 19 24 21 23
 Light 12 17 14 16
 Moderate 58 46 53 45
 Very active 11 13 11 16
 Missing 1 0 0 0
Daily intakec, median
 Energy (kcal) 1930 2094 2115.1 1860.5
 Vegetables (servings/day) 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.1
 Total fat (g) 67.6 74.5 77.9 62.3
 Polyunsaturated fatty acids (g) 14.0 15.4 15.4 13.0
 Total protein (g) 78.6 87.9 88.0 78.0
 Red meat (servings/week) 3.5 3.9 4.0 3.4
 Alcoholic beverages (drinks/day) 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.1
PSA at biopsy (ng/mL), median 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.3
Prostate cancer diagnosis at end-of-study biopsy, % 15 19 16 21
a

From a case-control study of LUTS nested in the placebo arm of PCPT (5). The men did not have a clinical indication for biopsy.

b

Reported at trial entry or during the 7 years of the trial

c

Reported at trial entry

PCPT, Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial; BMI, body mass index; PSA, prostate-specific antigen