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Table 2 Odds ratios (95 % confidence intervals) for prostate cancer according to P. acnes in prostate tissue

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

 

Crude Model

Model 1

Model 2a

P. acnes

4.27 (2.02–9.02)

3.66 (1.61–8.30)

4.67 (1.93–11.26)

Age at surgery, yrs (continuous)

--

0.95 (0.88–1.02)

0.91 (0.84–0.99)

Year of surgery (continuous)

--

0.48 (0.33–0.68)

0.46 (0.31–0.67)

Smoker

--

--

0.59 (0.15–2.34)

  1. a5 subjects missing data on smoking excluded from analysis