Cases Caucasian (CA) n=68 Japanese (JA) n=65 p value
Cases (Pca) Controls Cases (Pca) Controls
n 34 34 34 31
Age
Mean ± SD 73. 5 ± 10.1 70.2 ± 7.8 71.8 ± 8.8 69.8 ± 8.9 CA vs. JA 0.53*
Median (Range) 72 (56~93) 70 (57~87) 71.5(55~91) 69 (56~92) Pca vs. Cont 0.09*
PSA
Mean ± SD 7.5± 5.1 - 77.8 ± 409.3 - 0.32*
Median (Range) 6.3 (0.45~25) - 7 (1.9~2394) -
Stage
T1c 25 (74%) - 19 (56%) - 0.33**
≥T2a 9 (26%) - 15 (44%) -
Gleason score
Median (Range) 7 (6~9)   7 (4~8)   0.87**
≤6 16 (47%) - 15 (44%) -
7 12 (35%) - 14 (41%) -
≥8 6 (18%) - 5 (15%) -
Table 1: Demography of cases and controls, *Wilcoxon’s test, **Chi-square test.