8q24 sequence variants in relation to prostate cancer risk among men of African descent: A case-control study

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Patient and Tumor Characteristics

Characteristics	Cases	Controls	P-value^a
No. of Participants, n	195	531	---
Age (yrs)
Median (range)	65.0 (41-91)	53.0 (45-89)	< 0.0001
PSA in ng/ml
Median (range)	7.0 (0.01-5,000)	1.08 (0.01-3.9)	< 0.0001
< 2.0, n (%)	43 (22.0)	464 (87.4)
2.0-4.0	12 (6.2)	67 (12.6)
> 4.0	140 (71.8)	0 (0.0)
Gleason Score n (%)
4	15 (13.0)
5	11 (9.6)
6	31 (26.9)
7	37 (32.2)
8	5 (4.4)
9	12 (10.4)
10	4 (3.5)
Global West African Ancestry
Median (SD)	0.788 (0.253-0.937)	0.734 (0.255-0.946)	0.0273

Abbreviations: PSA, prostate specific antigen
^aDifferences in median age, PSA levels (ng/ml), and West African Ancestry levels comparing cases and controls were tested using the Wilcoxon rank sum.

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