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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of men in NDR diagnosed with prostate cancer and/or used GnRH between 2006 and 2016 and their matched comparison

From: Exploring the association between use of gonadotropin releasing hormones agonists and prostate cancer diagnosis per se and diabetes control in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a nationwide, population-based cohort study

 

PCa + GnRH exposure cohort

GnRH exposure cohort

PCa men (N = 5714)

No PCa men (N = 28,445)

PCa using GnRH men (N = 692)

PCa without using GnRH men (N = 3460)

Patients characteristics

Age (year), No. (%)

   < 60

233 (4.1)

1071 (3.8)

8 (1.2)

60 (1.7)

  60–69

1886 (33.0)

8034 (28.2)

101 (14.6)

805 (23.3)

  70–79

2608 (45.6)

12,984 (45.6)

304 (43.9)

1730 (50.0)

  80+

987 (17.3)

6356 (22.3)

279 (40.3)

865 (25.0)

Education level, No. (%)

  Low

2340 (41.0)

12,231 (43.0)

308 (44.5)

1333 (38.5)

  Middle

2755 (48.2)

13,172 (46.3)

297 (42.9)

1678 (48.5)

  High

570 (10.0)

2686 (9.4)

82 (11.8)

432 (12.5)

  Missing

49 (0.9)

356 (1.3)

5 (0.7)

17 (0.5)

Civil status, No. (%)

  Married

3708 (64.9)

17,582 (61.8)

444 (64.2)

2248 (65.0)

  Not married (+Divorced/Widower/missing)

2006 (35.1)

10,863 (38.2)

248 (35.8)

1212 (35.0)

CCI, No. (%)

  0

2413 (42.2)

10,319 (36.3)

197 (28.5)

942 (27.2)

  1

1348 (23.6)

6494 (22.8)

174 (25.1)

1014 (29.3)

  2

765 (13.4)

4246 (14.9)

109 (15.8)

538 (15.5)

  3+

1188 (20.8)

7386 (26.0)

212 (30.6)

966 (27.9)

Smoking, No. (%)

  No

4581 (80.2)

22,273 (78.3)

524 (75.7)

2683 (77.5)

  Yes

553 (9.7)

2912 (10.2)

51 (7.4)

267 (7.7)

  Missing

580 (10.2)

3260 (11.5)

117 (16.9)

510 (14.7)

Times of at least 60 min physical activity in 7 days, No. (%)

  Daily

573 (10.0)

3452 (12.1)

98 (14.2)

380 (11.0)

  3–5 times a week

500 (8.8)

2486 (8.7)

69 (10.0)

268 (7.7)

  1–2 times a week

902 (15.8)

4261 (15.0)

96 (13.9)

503 (14.5)

  Less than once a week

1016 (17.8)

4786 (16.8)

104 (15.0)

629 (18.2)

  Never

1531 (26.8)

6919 (24.3)

140 (20.2)

784 (22.7)

  Missing

1192 (20.9)

6541 (23.0)

185 (26.7)

896 (25.9)

BMI (kg/m2), No. (%)

   < 25

969 (17.0)

4668 (16.4)

111 (16.0)

610 (17.6)

  25–29

2509 (43.9)

11,845 (41.6)

291 (42.1)

1507 (43.6)

  30–34

1342 (23.5)

6677 (23.5)

150 (21.7)

731 (21.1)

  35–39

353 (6.2)

1961 (6.9)

39 (5.6)

187 (5.4)

  40+

91 (1.6)

612 (2.2)

15 (2.2)

52 (1.5)

  Missing

450 (7.9)

2682 (9.4)

86 (12.4)

373 (10.8)

Number of visits, No. (%)

  3–9

3794 (66.4)

18,879 (66.4)

504 (72.8)

2520 (72.8)

  10–19

1520 (26.6)

7578 (26.6)

151 (21.8)

755 (21.8)

  20–29

315 (5.5)

1567 (5.5)

29 (4.2)

145 (4.2)

  30+

85 (1.5)

421 (1.5)

8 (1.2)

40 (1.2)

T2DM status

Duration of T2DM (Years), No. (%)

   < 10

2751 (48.1)

12,755 (44.8)

320 (46.2)

1703 (49.2)

  10–19

1939 (33.9)

10,149 (35.7)

222 (32.1)

1139 (32.9)

  20–29

530 (9.3)

3123 (11.0)

78 (11.3)

310 (9.0)

  30+

158 (2.8)

921 (3.2)

23 (3.3)

90 (2.6)

  Missing

336 (5.9)

1497 (5.3)

49 (7.1)

218 (6.3)

HbA1c (mmol/mol), No. (%)

   < 40

330 (5.8)

1484 (5.2)

63 (9.1)

221 (6.4)

  40–57

3673 (64.3)

16,834 (59.2)

434 (62.7)

2181 (63.0)

  58–69

1093 (19.1)

6045 (21.3)

119 (17.2)

642 (18.6)

  70–79

324 (5.7)

2122 (7.5)

37 (5.3)

187 (5.4)

  80–89

131 (2.3)

929 (3.3)

14 (2.0)

98 (2.8)

  90+

87 (1.5)

612 (2.2)

12 (1.7)

61 (1.8)

  Missing

76 (1.3)

419 (1.5)

13 (1.9)

70 (2.0)

Primary treatment of T2DM, No. (%)

  Insulin

3420 (59.9)

10,246 (36.0)

237 (34.2)

1080 (31.2)

  Oral Hypoglycaemics

426 (7.5)

2330 (8.2)

46 (6.6)

276 (8.0)

  Diet controlled

1868 (32.7)

15,869 (55.8)

409 (59.1)

2104 (60.8)

PCa status

PCa diagnosis, No. (%)

  No PCa

28,445 (100.0)

  PCa

5714 (100.0)

692 (100.0)

3460 (100.0)

Using GnRH, No. (%)

  No PCa

28,445 (100.0)

  No

4274 (74.8)

3460 (100.0)

  Yes

1400 (25.2)

692 (100.0)

PCa risk category, No. (%)

  No PCa

28,445 (100.0)

  

  Low risk

1122 (19.8)

145 (21.0)

1437 (41.5)

  Intermediate risk

1838 (32.2)

229 (33.1)

1272 (36.8)

  High risk

1531 (26.8)

232 (33.5)

533 (15.4)

  Regional metastasises

389 (6.8)

42 (6.1)

56 (1.6)

  Distance metastasises

650 (11.4)

32 (4.6)

39 (1.1)

  Missing data

184 (3.2)

12 (1.7)

123 (3.6)

  1. PCa denotes Prostate Cancer; T2DM: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; BMI: body mass index; CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index