Urologic Characteristics and Sexual Behaviors Associated with Prostate Cancer in an African-Caribbean Population in Barbados, West Indies

Table 1

Urologic characteristics among PCBP African-Barbadian men.

	Cases; (𝑛=963)	Controls; (𝑛=941)	Multivariate adjusted; OR (95% CI)*
Vasectomy, %	1.5	0.7	1.67 (0.65, 4.31)
Prostatitis hx, %	7.8	2.4	3.16 (1.92, 5.19)*
BPH hx, %	44.4	19.8	3.05 (2.46, 3.79)*
Nocturia, %	58.1	36.1	2.41 (1.99, 2.93)*
Urinary retention, %	15.4	6.6	2.60 (1.88, 3.59)*
Dysuria, %	28.0	18.5	1.77 (1.41, 2.22)*
Hesitancy, %	33.9	21.2	1.80 (1.46, 2.23)*
Painful ejaculation,%	4.7	3.1	1.70 (1.03, 2.81)*
Blood in the urine/semen, %	14.9	10.0	1.58 (1.18, 2.11)*
Urgent need to void, %	45.1	33.1	1.64 (1.35, 1.99)*
Frequent urination, %	56.7	41.8	1.72 (1.43, 2.08)*
Weak flow	34.8	21.5	1.85 (1.49, 2.28)*

∗OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. 𝑃<0.05, based on logistic regression analyses adjusted for age, marital status, religion, lifetime occupation, family history of PC, and waist-hip ratio.