Table 1.
Demographic and related characteristics by alcohol intake status for study participants (prostate cancer [PCa] patients + non-PCa men, N = 10,029).
| Total Alcohol Intake 1 | Beer Intake 1 | Wine Intake 1 | Spirits Intake 1 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infrequent | Light/ Moderate |
Heavy | Infrequent | Light/ Moderate |
Heavy | Infrequent | Light/ Moderate |
Heavy | Infrequent | Light/ Moderate |
Heavy | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Total | 2016 (21.4) | 6056 (64.3) | 1343 (14.3) | 3513 (35.5) | 5520 (55.7) | 872 (8.8) | 3889 (40.4) | 5278 (54.9) | 456 (4.7) | 5415 (55.8) | 4067 (42.0) | 215 (2.2) |
| Prostate cancer (PCa) | ||||||||||||
| No Yes |
1124 (25.4) 892 (17.9) |
2728 (61.7) 3328 (66.6) |
569 (12.9) 774 (15.5) *** |
1829 (39.6) 1684 (31.8) |
2419 (52.4) 3101 (58.6) |
367 (8.0) 505 (9.6) *** |
2009 (44.4) 1880 (36.9) |
2329 (51.5) 2949 (57.9) |
188 (4.1) 268 (5.2) *** |
2664 (58.9) 2751 (53.2) |
1760 (38.9) 2307 (44.6) |
102 (2.2) 113 (2.2) *** |
|
Age (mean ± SD) 2 |
64.4 ± 6.2 | 63.2 ± 7.0 | 63.8 ± 7.2 *** | 64.7 ± 6. 5 | 63.0 ± 7.0 | 62.7 ± 7.2 *** | 63.9 ± 6.7 | 63.2 ± 7.0 | 66.0 ± 7.0 *** | 63.8 ± 6.8 | 63.3 ± 7.1 | 65.1 ± 6.6 *** |
| BMI status 3 | ||||||||||||
| Normal/Underweight | 460 (17.3) | 1798 (67.7) | 398 (15.0) | 816 (28.9) | 1692 (59.9) | 316 (11.2) | 972 (35.6) | 1650 (60.4) | 110 (4.0) | 1551 (56.6) | 1151 (42.0) | 39 (1.4) |
| Overweight | 929 (20.0) | 3026 (65.1) | 692 (14.9) | 1717 (35.3) | 2732 (56.2) | 410 (8.4) | 1833 (38.6) | 2659 (56.1) | 252 (5.3) | 2597 (54.3) | 2062 (43.1) | 122 (2.6) |
| Obese | 608 (31.0) | 1125 (57.3) | 229 (11.7) *** | 943 (46.2) | 974 (47.8) | 123 (6.0) *** | 1010 (50.8) | 889 (44.7) | 91 (4.6) *** | 1173 (58.3) | 787 (39.1) | 53 (2.6) *** |
| Smoking | ||||||||||||
| Never | 896 (24.4) | 2391 (65.2) | 382 (10.4) | 1467 (38.1) | 2152 (55.9) | 228 (5.9) | 1565 (41.7) | 2042 (54.5) | 142 (3.8) | 2353 (62.7) | 1345 (35.9) | 53 (1.4) |
| Former | 970 (20.9) | 2933 (63.2) | 740 (15.9) | 1745 (36.0) | 2628 (54.2) | 474 (9.8) | 1880 (39.7) | 2616 (55.2) | 240 (5.1) | 2540 (53.1) | 2110 (44.1) | 134 (2.8) |
| Current | 145 (13.7) | 697 (65.8) | 217 (20.5)*** | 290 (25.0) | 704 (60.8) | 164 (14.2) *** | 428 (39.3) | 590 (54.1) | 72 (6.6) *** | 492 (44.1) | 596 (53.4) | 28 (2.5) *** |
| Region | ||||||||||||
| Europe | 175 (4.4) | 2930 (74.4) | 833 (21.2) | 613 (14.0) | 3125 (71.5) | 635 (14.5) | 1089 (26.6) | 2702 (65.9) | 310 (7.5) | 1940 (46.6) | 2187 (52.6) | 35 (0.8) |
| USA | 1841 (33.6) | 3126 (57.1) | 510 (9.3) *** | 2900 (52.4) | 2395 (43.3) | 237 (4.3) *** | 2800 (50.7) | 2576 (46.7) | 146 (2.6) *** | 3475 (62.8) | 1880 (34.0) | 180 (3.2) *** |
1 p-values for categorical variables were based on chi-square test, p-values for continuous variables were based on ANOVA test; ***: p < 0.001. 2 SD: standard deviation. 3 Normal/underweight (body mass index (BMI) < 25), overweight (BMI: 25–29.9), and obesity (BMI ≥ 30).