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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 2.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 Nov 2;31(11):2063–2069. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0453

Table 1.

Demographic Factors by Prostate Cancer Status and Multivitamin Use at Baseline

Prostate Cancer Recency of Multivitamin Use at Baseline Cumulative years of Multivitamin Use at Baseline



No N=33,030 Yes N=1,857 Never N=17,719 Former N=2,821 Current N=14,347 None N=17,719 <5 years N=5,502 ≥5 years N=11,666

Age, years
 < 60 12104 (36.6%) 550 (29.6%) 6678 (37.7%) 1149 (40.7%) 4827 (33.6%) 6678 (37.7%) 2078 (37.8%) 3898 (33.4%)
 60 – 64 8632 (26.1%) 542 (29.2%) 4682 (26.4%) 677 (24.0%) 3815 (26.6%) 4682 (26.4%) 1423 (25.9%) 3069 (26.3%)
 65 – 69 6416 (19.4%) 443 (23.9%) 3426 (19.3%) 539 (19.1%) 2894 (20.2%) 3426 (19.3%) 1069 (19.4%) 2364 (20.3%)
 >= 70 5878 (17.8%) 322 (17.3%) 2933 (16.6%) 456 (16.2%) 2811 (19.6%) 2933 (16.6%) 932 (16.9%) 2335 (20.0%)
Education
 ≤ High school 7283 (22.0%) 399 (21.5%) 4575 (25.8%) 626 (22.2%) 2481 (17.3%) 4575 (25.8%) 1210 (22.0%) 1897 (16.3%)
 Some college 8895 (26.9%) 460 (24.8%) 4684 (26.4%) 801 (28.4%) 3870 (27.0%) 4684 (26.4%) 1523 (27.7%) 3148 (27.0%)
 ≥ College graduate 16531 (50.0%) 984 (53.0%) 8242 (46.5%) 1369 (48.5%) 7904 (55.1%) 8242 (46.5%) 2722 (49.5%) 6551 (56.2%)
 Unknown 321 (1.0%) 14 (0.8%) 218 (1.2%) 25 (0.9%) 92 (0.6%) 218 (1.2%) 47 (0.9%) 70 (0.6%)
Marital Status
 Current 26883 (81.4%) 1547 (83.3%) 14478 (81.7%) 2218 (78.6%) 11734 (81.8%) 14478 (81.7%) 4462 (81.1%) 9490 (81.3%)
 Former 4723 (14.3%) 246 (13.2%) 2468 (13.9%) 463 (16.4%) 2038 (14.2%) 2468 (13.9%) 820 (14.9%) 1681 (14.4%)
 Never 1248 (3.8%) 55 (3.0%) 633 (3.6%) 129 (4.6%) 541 (3.8%) 633 (3.6%) 204 (3.7%) 466 (4.0%)
 Unknown 176 (0.5%) 9 (0.5%) 140 (0.8%) 11 (0.4%) 34 (0.2%) 140 (0.8%) 16 (0.3%) 29 (0.2%)
 Family history of Prostate cancer
 Yes 5335 (16.2%) 529 (28.5%) 3024 (17.1%) 471 (16.7%) 2369 (16.5%) 3024 (17.1%) 891 (16.2%) 1949 (16.7%)
Race
 Non-Hispanic White 26097 (79.0%) 1474 (79.4%) 13554 (76.5%) 2087 (74.0%) 11930 (83.2%) 13554 (76.5%) 4151 (75.4%) 9866 (84.6%)
 Non-Hispanic Black 4018 (12.2%) 268 (14.4%) 2433 (13.7%) 409 (14.5%) 1444 (10.1%) 2433 (13.7%) 796 (14.5%) 1057 (9.1%)
 Other 2915 (8.8%) 115 (6.2%) 1732 (9.8%) 325 (11.5%) 973 (6.7%) 1732 (9.8%) 555 (10.1%) 743 (6.3%)
Cigarette smoking
 Current 2575 (7.8%) 107 (5.8%) 1548 (8.7%) 215 (7.6%) 919 (6.4%) 1548 (8.7%) 391 (7.1%) 743 (6.4%)
 Former 16289 (49.3%) 868 (46.7%) 8498 (48.0%) 1395 (49.5%) 7264 (50.6%) 8498 (48.0%) 2679 (48.7%) 5980 (51.3%)
 Never 14004 (42.4%) 877 (47.2%) 7538 (42.5%) 1203 (42.6%) 6140 (42.8%) 7538 (42.5%) 2417 (43.9%) 4926 (42.2%)
 Unknown 162 (0.5%) 5 (0.3%) 135 (0.8%) 8 (0.3%) 24 (0.2%) 135 (0.8%) 15 (0.3%) 17 (0.1%)
Alcohol consumption, g/d
 0 – <0.5 (none to < 1 drink/mo) 11749 (35.6%) 644 (34.7%) 6470 (36.6%) 1079 (38.2%) 4844 (33.8%) 6470 (36.6%) 2114 (38.5%) 3809 (32.7%)
 0.5 – 9.9 (1 drink/mo to <1 drink/day) 10482 (31.7%) 592 (31.8%) 5506 (31.1%) 882 (31.3%) 4652 (32.5%) 5506 (31.1%) 1705 (31.0%) 3829 (32.9%)
 >10 (≥1 drink per day) 10799 (32.7%) 621 (33.5%) 5723 (32.3%) 860 (30.5%) 4837 (33.7%) 5723 (32.3%) 1679 (30.5%) 4018 (34.5%)
 Unknown/missing 31 (<1%) 3 (<1%) 20 (<1%) 14 (<1%) 20 (<1%) 4 (<1%) 10 (<1%)
Body Mass Index, kg/m2
 <25 6803 (20.6%) 363 (19.5%) 3535 (20.0%) 593 (21.0%) 3038 (21.2%) 3535 (20.0%) 1127 (20.5%) 2504 (21.5%)
 25.0 to 29.9 15804 (47.8%) 947 (51.0%) 8416 (47.5%) 1357 (48.1%) 6978 (48.6%) 8416 (47.5%) 2611 (47.5%) 5724 (49.1%)
 ≥30.0 10423 (31.6%) 547 (29.5%) 5768 (32.6%) 871 (30.9%) 4331 (30.2%) 5768 (32.6%) 1764 (32.1%) 3438 (29.5%)
Diabetes
 Yes 3492 (10.6%) 133 (7.2%) 1949 (11.0%) 290 (10.3%) 1386 (9.7%) 1949 (11.0%) 584 (10.6%) 1092 (9.4%)
Study Treatment Arm
 Selenium only 8298 (25.1%) 454 (24.4%) 4465 (25.2%) 730 (25.9%) 3557 (24.8%) 4465 (25.2%) 1397 (25.4%) 2890 (24.8%)
 Selenium + Vitamin E 8248 (25.0%) 454 (24.4%) 4335 (24.5%) 720 (25.5%) 3647 (25.4%) 4335 (24.5%) 1400 (25.4%) 2967 (25.4%)
 Placebo 8253 (25.0%) 443 (23.9%) 4440 (25.1%) 676 (24.0%) 3580 (25.0%) 4440 (25.1%) 1344 (24.4%) 2912 (25.0%)
 Vitamin E only 8231 (24.9%) 506 (27.2%) 4479 (25.3%) 695 (24.6%) 3563 (24.8%) 4479 (25.3%) 1361 (24.7%) 2897 (24.8%)