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Table 7 Chlamydia trachomatis infections and prostate cancer

From: Multiple pathogens and prostate cancer

Study

Country

Method

Prostate cancer

Prostate non cancer controls

P value

Dillner 1998 [106]

Finland

Serology

18/165 11%

31/290 11%

0.948 ns

Rosenblatt 2001 [81]

US

Self report

5/748 1%

9/694 1%

0.229 ns

Antilla 2005 [108]

Finland, Sweden, Norway

Serology

55/738 8%

238/2271 11%

0.030 s

Control > cancer

Sutcliffe 2007 [109]

US

Serology

28/655 4%

24/655 4%

0.990 ns

Huang 2008 [87]

US black

US white

Serology

37/103 36%

86/765 11%

131/367 36%

89/915 10%

0.977 ns

0.362 ns

Dennis 2009 [98]

US

Serology

39/267 15%

31/267 12%

0.369 ns

Hrbacek 2011 [88]

Czech Republic

Serology

18/329 6%

12/105 11%

0.054 s

Control > cancer

Lumme 2016 [110]

Finland

Serology

51/6699 7%

224/2132 11%

0.002 s Control > cancer

  1. s, significant; ns, non significant; − s, statistically negative significant