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Table 2 Analysis of Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of prostate cancer for cholelithiasis

From: Cholelithiasis increased prostate cancer risk: evidence from a case–control study and a meta-analysis

Prostate cancer

case

control

Crude OR(95%CI)

Adjusted

OR (95%CI)a

No cholelithiasis

181

197

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

Cholelithiasis

40

22

1.98 (1.13–3.36)

1.87 (1.06–3,31)

Gallstones

21

7

2.77 (1.20–6.40)

2.53 (1.08–5.96)

Cholecystectomy

23

17

1.38(0.72–2.66)

1.25 (0.64–2.45)

  1. aThe OR and 95% CI has been adjusted for age, smoking alcohol drinking, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, COPD, coronary artery disease
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