Table 2.
Demographic and related characteristics by alcohol intake status for prostate cancer (PCa) patients (N = 5344).
| 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 | 892 (17.9) | 3321 (66.6) | 772 (15.5) | 1682 (31.9) | 3095 (58.6) | 504 (9.5) | 1879 (36.9) | 2942 (57.8) | 267 (5.3) | 2746 (53.2) | 2303 (44.6) | 113 (2.2) |
| PCa aggressiveness | ||||||||||||
| No Yes |
810 (19.1) 82 (11.1) |
2802 (66.0) 519 (70.2) |
634 (14.9) 138 (18.7) *** |
1518 (34.0) 164 (20.0) |
2547 (57.1) 548 (67.0) |
398 (8.9) 106 (13.0) *** |
1621 (37.5) 258 (33.6) |
2477 (57.3) 465 (60.6) |
223 (5.2) 44 (5.7) |
2334 (53.3) 412 (52.4) |
1940 (44.3) 363 (46.2) |
102 (2.3) 11 (1.4) |
|
Age (mean ± SD) 2 |
64.2± 6.0 | 63.1± 7.1 | 63.6± 7.3 *** | 64.8± 6.4 | 62.9± 7.2 | 62.7± 7.3 *** | 63.7± 6.7 | 63.0± 7.1 | 66.0± 7.2 *** | 63.8± 7.0 | 63.0± 7.1 | 64.4± 6.4 *** |
| BMI status 3 | ||||||||||||
| Normal/Underweight | 206 (13.4) | 1094 (71.0) | 241 (15.6) | 409 (24.7) | 1050 (63.4) | 197 (11.9) | 530 (33.4) | 999 (63.0) | 57 (3.6) | 860 (53.7) | 713 (44.5) | 28 (1.8) |
| Overweight | 432 (17.7) | 1619 (66.4) | 386 (15.8) | 850 (33.2) | 1480 (57.9) | 228 (8.9) | 883 (35.6) | 1447 (58.4) | 148 (6.0) | 1321 (52.4) | 1139 (45.2) | 59 (2.3) |
| Obese | 250 (27.4) | 533 (58.5) | 128 (14.1) *** | 409 (43.1) | 479 (50.4) | 62 (6.5) *** | 424 (45.9) | 439 (47.6) | 60 (6.5) *** | 511 (54.4) | 402 (42.8) | 26 (2.8) |
| Smoking | ||||||||||||
| Never | 410 (20.4) | 1367 (68.0) | 233 (11.6) | 720 (33.8) | 1275 (59.8) | 137 (6.4) | 777 (37.8) | 1191 (57.9) | 89 (4.3) | 1250 (60.4) | 792 (38.2) | 29 (1.4) |
| Former | 416 (17.7) | 1520 (64.7) | 412 (17.6) | 816 (33.2) | 1379 (56.1) | 262 (10.7) | 882 (36.9) | 1368 (57.3) | 138 (5.8) | 1220 (50.2) | 1141 (47.0) | 68 (2.8) |
| Current | 65 (10.8) | 410 (68.3) | 125 (20.8) *** | 139 (21.1) | 418 (63.5) | 101 (15.4) *** | 213 (34.6) | 363 (59.0) | 39 (6.3) | 259 (40.9) | 358 (56.6) | 16 (2.5) *** |
| Region | ||||||||||||
| Europe | 105 (4.1) | 1909 (74.7) | 541 (21.2) | 399 (14.1) | 2014 (71.4) | 409 (14.5) | 692 (26.2) | 1752 (66.4) | 196 (7.4) | 1261 (46.7) | 1418 (52.5) | 22 (0.8) |
| USA | 787 (32.4) | 1412 (58.1) | 231 (9.5) *** | 1283 (52.2) | 1081 (44.0) | 95 (3.9) *** | 1187 (48.5) | 1190 (48.6) | 71 (2.9) *** | 1485 (60.3) | 885 (36.0) | 91 (3.7) *** |
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).