Research Article

Diet, Lifestyles, Family History, and Prostate Cancer Incidence in an East Algerian Patient Group

Table 3

Association between family history of prostate cancer, alcohol consumption, and smoking habits and the risk of prostate cancer.

Cases, (%)Controls, (%)Odds ratio95% CIRelative risk95% CI value

Family history of prostate cancer
 Absent70 (78)182 (96)1
 In first degree11 (12)3 (1)9.532.58–35.202.822.01–3.960.0002
 In second degree 9 (10)5 (3)4.681.51–14.452.311.49–3.580.0063
<0.0001
Alcohol status
 Nonusers64 (71)177 (93)1
 Former users26 (29)13 (7)5.532.68–11.422.511.84–3.40<0.0001
Smoking status
 Nonsmokers22 (24)99 (52)1
 Former smokers50 (56)71 (37)3.171.76–5.692.271.47–3.500.0001
 Current smokers18 (20)20 (11)4.051.84–8.892.601.57–4.310.0006
<0.0001
Total tobacco consumption, unity of pack-years
 0 22 (24)99 (52)1
 1–99 (10)20 (11)2.020.81–5.041.700.88–3.300.1326
 10–1915 (17)27 (14)2.501.14–5.461.961.12–3.420.0311
 20–2911 (12)23 (12)2.150.91–5.051.780.96–3.290.0964
 30–399 (10)8 (4)5.061.75–14.592.911.62–5.230.0033
 ≥4024 (27)13 (7)8.303.66–18.833.562.28–5.57<0.0001
<0.0001

95% CI = 95% confidence interval. Determined using the chi-square test. Determined using the chi-square test for trend; , , , and .