Review Article

Quality of Life and Sexual Health in the Aging of PCa Survivors

Table 1

Relevant clinical studies of the relationship between MetS and prostate cancer.

Authors, yearStudy designCountryPopulationTimeAge years (range or mean SD)Cohort sizeExposure assessment: MetS criteriaNumber of casesResults (outcome: PCa)Level of evidence

Laukkanen et al., 2004 [91]Longitudinal cohort studyFinlandKuopio communities1984–200142–621880 (White)WHO56Risk increase (RR: 1.94, 95% CI: 1.06–3.53)2b
Håheim et al., 2006 [92]Longitudinal cohort studyNorwayOslo study1972–199840–4915 933 (White)Upper quartile levels ATP III criteria507Risk increase (RR: 1.56; 95 %CI: 1.21–2)2b
Martin et al., 2009 [93]Longitudinal cohort studyNorwayNord-Trondelag Health study (HUNT 2)1996–2005 29 364 (White)NCEP: ATP III687No association (HR: 0.91, 95% CI, 0.877–1.09)2b
Beebe-Dimmer et al., 2009 [94]Case-control studyUSAGene Environment and Prostate Cancer study (GECAP)2001–2004 881 (56% White; 44% African-American)NCEP: ATP III637Risk increase in African-American population (OR: 1.71, 95% CI; 0.97–3.01)3
Tande et al., 2006 [95]Longitudinal cohort studyUSAAtherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC);1987–200045–646429 (49% White; 61% African-American)NCEP: ATP III385Risk reduction (RR: 0.77; 95% CI, 0.51–1.05)2b
Kheterpal et al., 2012 [96]Longitudinal cohort studyUSARobotic radical prostatectomy2005–200845–652756BMI ≥30 and ≥2 of the following: hypertension, diabetes or elevated blood glucose, and dyslipidemia357Greater pathology Gleason grade ( 7: 78% versus 64%, ) and pathologic stage ( T3 disease: 43% versus 32%, )3
C. De Nunzio et al., 2011 [78]Cohort studyItalyProstate biopsy cohort study2009-201047–83195 (White)NCEP: ATP III102No association (OR: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.48–1.95); Increased risk for Gleason score 7 in pts with PCA (OR: 3.82, 95% CI: 1.33–10.9)3