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Table 4 Age-adjusted risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of incident benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)-related outcomes and nocturia by body mass index (BMI) change across the life-course; Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial

From: Body size throughout the life-course and incident benign prostatic hyperplasia-related outcomes and nocturia

  

Baseline BMI (kg/m2)

 < 25

25–29

 ≥ 30

RR

95% CI

RR

95% CI

RR

95% CI

BMI at 20 (kg/m2)

      

 < 25

Nocturiaa

1.00

Referent

1.09

0.98, 1.22

1.28

1.10, 1.47

No. of cases

336

609

179

Prostate volume ≥ 30 ccb

1.00

Referent

1.12

1.05, 1.20

1.04

0.94, 1.15

No. of cases

572

1058

241

25–29

Nocturiaa

1.40

1.03, 1.90

1.09

0.93, 1.28

1.25

1.08, 1.45

No. of cases

26

150

177

Prostate volume ≥ 30 ccb

0.94

0.73, 1.20

1.16

1.06, 1.26

1.10

1.00, 1.21

No. of cases

31

280

255

 ≥ 30

Nocturiaa

c

 

c

 

1.41

1.07, 1.86

No. of cases

  

33

Prostate volume ≥ 30 ccb

c

 

1.61

1.32, 1.97

1.25

1.05, 1.48

No. of cases

 

13

48

BMI at 50 (kg/m2)

   

 < 25

Nocturiaa

1.00

Referent

1.09

0.93, 1.28

c

 

No. of cases

317

158

 

Prostate volume ≥ 30 ccb

1.00

Referent

1.07

0.98, 1.18

c

 

No. of cases

539

253

 

25–29

Nocturiaa

1.04

0.80, 1.34

1.06

0.94, 1.19

1.30

1.13, 1.49

No. of cases

44

561

189

Prostate volume ≥ 30 ccb

0.87

0.72, 1.05

1.13

1.06, 1.21

1.06

0.96, 1.17

No. of cases

60

1029

252

 ≥ 30

Nocturiaa

c

 

1.23

0.96, 1.58

1.21

1.05, 1.41

No. of cases

 

44

195

Prostate volume ≥ 30 ccb

c

 

1.16

1.00, 1.36

1.10

1.00, 1.21

No. of cases

 

69

288

  1. BPH: benign prostatic hyperplasia; CI: Confidence Interval; BMI: body mass index; RR: risk ratio
  2. aAlso adjusted for time between completion of the baseline and supplemental questionnaires
  3. bAlso adjusted for number of DREs and time between participants’ first and last DRE
  4. cToo few cases (n ≤ 5) to estimate