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Table 1 Selected characteristics of men with and without prostate cancer

From: Frequency and typing of Propionibacterium acnes in prostate tissue obtained from men with and without prostate cancer

 

Cases

Controls

P-value

Controls with PCaa

N = 100

N = 50

N = 37

Age at surgery (yrs), Mean (STD)

64.0 (4.4)

65.7 (7.1)

<0.0001

70.2 (2.1)

Year of surgery, Median (Min-Max)

2010 (2008–2011)

2011 (2009–2015)

0.002

2013 (2009–2015)

History of smoking, N (%)

8 (8.3)

7 (14.6)

0.24

 

P. acnes present, N (%)

60 (60.0)

13 (26.0)

<0.0001

13 (35.1)

Surgical Gleason Score, N (%)

 

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--

 

 2-5

0 (0.0)

  

4 (5.8)

 6

34 (34.0)

  

28 (75.7)

 7

60 (60.0)

  

4 (10.8)

 8-9

6 (6.0)

  

1 (2.7)

pTNM stage, N (%)

 

--

--

 

 2

85 (85.9)

  

--

 3

14 (14.1)

  

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  1. aCompared to cases, Chi-square p-value for P. acnes present = 0.01 and Mantel-Haenszel Chi-Square p-value for surgical Gleason score < 0.0001