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Table 1 Participants Descriptive Characteristics by Case-Control Status, PROMEN Study, 1996-2001

From: Urinary estrogen metabolites and prostate cancer: a case-control study and meta-analysis

  

Prostate Cancer

  

Control

Case

two-tails

  

n

%

n

%

p-value

  

110

80.88

26

19.12

 

Age

 

50-59

31

28.20

7

26.90

 
 

60-69

40

36.40

9

34.60

 
 

70-79

39

35.50

10

38.50

 
      

0,902

Race

 

Black

4

3.60

1

  
 

White

106

96.0

25

  
      

1.000

Years of Education

 

8-13

66

60.00

16

61.50

 
 

14-18

44

40.00

10

38.50

 
      

1.00

BMI

 

≤ 25

25

22.90

6

23.10

 
 

25-30

55

50.50

11

42.30

 
 

≥ 30

29

26.60

9

34.60

 
      

0.683

Waist circumference

 

≤ 97,50

56

51.40

10

38.50

 
 

> 97,50

53

48.60

16

61.50

 
      

0.279

Hip circumference

 

≤ 102,50

56

51.40

12

46.20

 
 

> 102,50

53

48.60

14

53.80

 
      

0.668

Waist to hip ratio

 

≤ 0,95

55

50.50

14

56.00

 
 

> 0,95

54

49.50

11

44.00

 
      

0.662

  1. *BMI: body mass index expressed as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters (kg/m2)