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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of male Midspan cohorts at screening (1970-76) and prostate cancer outcomes. N = 12,926

From: Cholesterol and the risk of grade-specific prostate cancer incidence: evidence from two large prospective cohort studies with up to 37 years' follow up

Ā 

Controls

Prostate cancer cases

Gleason < 7

Gleason = 7

Gleason 8-10

Unknown Gleason

Sample Size

12,276

Ā 

650

Ā 

64

Ā 

57

Ā 

119

Ā 

67

Ā 

Number of Deaths%(n)

76.4

(9,384)

81.1

(527)

51.6

(33)

52.6

(30)

73.9

(88)

82.1

(55)

Cholesterol quintiles, mmol/L,%(n)

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

< 5.05

94.9

(2,589)

5.1

(138)

24.6

(15)

21.3

(13)

27.9

(17)

26.2

(16)

5.06 - < 5.57

95.3

(2,471)

4.7

(121)

17.7

(9)

13.7

(7)

37.2

(19)

31.4

(16)

5.58 - < 6.09

94.9

(2,676)

5.1

(145)

26.1

(17)

12.3

(8)

46.2

(30)

15.4

(10)

6.1 - < 6.69

94.5

(2,161)

5.5

(125)

16.9

(12)

18.3

(13)

46.5

(33)

18.3

(13)

ā‰„6.7

95.2

(2,379)

4.8

(121)

18.6

(11)

27.1

(16)

33.9

(20)

20.3

(12)

Mean Age (s.d.)

51.1

(7.2)

51.7

(6.8)

46.9

(6.8)

46.7

(6.3)

49.2

(6.3)

50.7

(6.5)

Mean Height (s.d.)

171.1

(7.1)

172.0

(6.9)

172.6

(7.3)

173.3

(6.1)

172.3

(6.5)

172.6

(7.3)

Mean Weight (s.d.)

74.8

(11.1)

75.9

(10.4)

75.7

(10.8)

76.0

(9.0)

74.9

(9.5)

76.3

(9.6)

Height (cm),%(n)

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ā‰¤165.1

95.9

(2,770)

4.1

(120)

24.5

(12)

14.3

(7)

34.7

(17)

26.5

(13)

165.2-170

95.3

(2,551)

4.7

(126)

19.1

(9)

12.8

(6)

49.0

(23)

19.1

(9)

170.1-172.72

95.0

(2,321)

5.0

(121)

19.7

(13)

27.3

(18)

33.3

(22)

19.7

(13)

172.73-177.8

94.3

(2,745)

5.7

(165)

19.0

(16)

17.9

(15)

42.9

(36)

20.2

(17)

ā‰„177.9

94.1

(1,887)

5.9

(118)

23.0

(14)

18.0

(11)

34.4

(21)

24.6

(15)

Missing

0.0

(2)

0.0

(0)

0.0

(0)

0.0

(0)

0.0

(0)

0.0

(0)

Mean BMI (s.d.)

25.5

(3.3)

25.6

(3.0)

25.4

(3.0)

25.3

(2.7)

25.2

(3.0)

25.6

(3.0)

BMI (kg m -2 ),%(n)

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

< 25 (Under & Desirable weight )

95.2

(5,499)

4.8

(279)

20.8

(31)

17.5

(26)

40.9

(61)

20.8

(31)

25 - < 30 (Overweight)

94.7

(5,729)

5.3

(320)

21.9

(30)

19.7

(27)

34.3

(47)

24.1

(33)

ā‰„30 (Obese)

95.4

(1,046)

4.6

(51)

14.3

(3)

19.0

(4)

52.4

(11)

14.3

(3)

Missing

0.0

(2)

0.0

(0)

0.0

(0)

0.0

(0)

0.0

(0)

0.0

(0)

Smoking,%(n)

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Never smoker

93.3

(2,093)

6.7

(149)

22.8

(18)

19.0

(15)

39.2

(31)

19.0

(15)

Smoker

96.1

(7,253)

3.9

(294)

18.3

(24)

17.6

(23)

39.7

(52)

24.4

(32)

Ex-smoker

93.4

(2,929)

6.6

(207)

22.7

(22)

19.6

(19)

37.1

(36)

20.6

(20)

Missing

0.0

(1)

0.0

(0)

0.0

(0)

0.0

(0)

0.0

(0)

0.0

(0)

Social Class,%(n)

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

I&II

94.2

(3,090)

5.8

(190)

16.3

(16)

23.5

(23)

38.8

(38)

21.4

(21)

IIIN

94.4

(1,810)

5.6

(108)

27.8

(15)

11.1

(6)

40.7

(22)

20.4

(11)

IIIM

95.3

(4,247)

4.7

(208)

18.1

(15)

19.3

(16)

37.3

(31)

25.3

(21)

IV&V

95.8

(3,057)

4.2

(135)

25.0

(17)

16.2

(11)

38.2

(26)

20.6

(14)

Missing

88.9

(72)

11.1

(9)

25.0

(1)

25.0

(1)

50.0

(2)

0.0

(0)