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Table 2 Unadjusted hazard ratios and 95% CI for overall and Gleason-specific prostate cancer by cholesterol quintiles among Midspan subjects who survived until 1st January 1997. N = 6486.
| All Prostate cancer | Gleason < 7 | Gleason 7 | Gleason ≥8 | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol (mmol/L) quintiles | (n) | Hazard Ratio (95%CI) | % | (n) | Hazard Ratio (95%CI) | % | (n) | Hazard Ratio (95%CI) | % | (n) | Hazard Ratio (95%CI) | % | (n) | Hazard Ratio (95%CI) | |||||||
| < 5.05 | 1,384 | (61) | 1 | 24.6 | (15) | 1 | 21.3 | (13) | 1 | 27.9 | (17) | 1 | 26.2 | (16) | 1 | ||||||
| 5.06 - < 5.57 | 1,308 | (51) | 0.87 | (0.60, 1.26) | 17.6 | (9) | 0.62 | (0.27,1.41) | 13.7 | (7) | 0.54 | (0.22,1.36) | 37.3 | (19) | 1.18 | (0.61, 2.27) | 31.4 | (16) | 1.04 | (0.52, 2.09) | |
| 5.58 - < 6.09 | 1,425 | (65) | 1.03 | (0.72, 1.46) | 26.2 | (17) | 1.1 | (0.56,2.27) | 12.3 | (8) | 0.59 | (0.24,1.42) | 26.2 | (30) | 1.70 | (0.93, 3.07) | 15.4 | (10) | 0.59 | (0.27, 1.31) | |
| 6.1 - < 6.69 | 1,159 | (71) | 1.36 | (0.97, 1.92) | 16.9 | (12) | 0.96 | (0.45,2.05) | 18.3 | (13) | 1.14 | (0.53,2.47) | 46.5 | (33) | 2.28 | (1.27, 4.10) | 18.3 | (13) | 0.95 | (0.46, 1.98) | |
| ≥6.7 | 1,210 | (59) | 1.09 | (0.76, 1.57) | 18.6 | (11) | 0.83 | (0.38,1.81) | 27.1 | (16) | 1.35 | (0.65,2.81) | 33.9 | (20) | 1.34 | (0.70, 2.57) | 20.3 | (12) | 0.85 | (0.40, 1.80) | |
