Table 1 The baseline characteristics by quartiles of the LC9 score

BPH, n (%)

< 0.001

 No

22,669 (88)

5,733 (87)

5,620 (88)

5,585 (89)

5,731 (90)

 Yes

2,987 (12)

864 (13)

782 (12)

700 (11)

641 (10)

Prostate Cancer, n (%)

0.090

 No

24,212 (94.4)

6,246 (94.7)

6,039 (94.3)

5,894 (93.8)

6,033 (94.7)

 Yes

1,444 (5.6)

351 (5.3)

363 (5.7)

391 (6.2)

339 (5.3)

Age, n (%)

< 0.001

 60 or above

10,290 (40)

2,430 (37)

2,888 (45)

2,667 (42)

2,305 (36)

 less than 60

15,366 (60)

4,167 (63)

3,514 (55)

3,618 (58)

4,067 (64)

Race, n (%)

0.049

 ASIAN OR ASIAN BRITSH

241 (0.9)

63 (1.0)

49 (0.8)

56 (0.9)

73 (1.2)

 BLACK OR BLACK BRITSH

124 (0.5)

40 (0.6)

34 (0.5)

30 (0.5)

20 (0.3)

 CHINESE

31 (0.1)

11 (0.2)

5 (< 0.1)

6 (< 0.1)

9 (0.1)

 MIXED

90 (0.4)

32 (0.5)

26 (0.4)

14 (0.2)

18 (0.3)

 Other ethnic group

114 (0.4)

35 (0.5)

31 (0.5)

27 (0.4)

21 (0.3)

 WHITE

25,056 (97.7)

6,416 (97.2)

6,257 (97.7)

6,152 (97.9)

6,231 (97.8)

Townsend Deprivation Index, n (%)

< 0.001

 Q1

8,505 (33)

1,888 (29)

2,130 (33)

2,162 (34)

2,325 (36)

 Q2

8,447 (33)

2,117 (32)

2,125 (33)

2,118 (34)

2,087 (33)

 Q3

8,704 (34)

2,592 (39)

2,147 (34)

2,005 (32)

1,960 (31)

Qualifications, n (%)

< 0.001

 college or above

13,370 (52)

2,924 (44)

3,147 (49)

3,402 (54)

3,897 (61)

 high school

3,479 (14)

1,001 (15)

874 (14)

809 (13)

795 (13)

 less than high school

8,807 (34)

2,672 (41)

2,381 (37)

2,074 (33)

1,680 (26)

BMI, n (%)

< 0.001

 low

39 (0.2)

6 (< 0.1)

5 (< 0.1)

10 (0.3)

18 (0.4)

 normal

4,751 (19)

639 (9.9)

731 (11)

1,034 (16)

2,347 (37)

 obesity

5,074 (20)

2,589 (39)

1,723 (27)

605 (9.7)

157 (2.6)

 overweight

15,792 (61)

3,363 (51)

3,943 (62)

4,636 (74)

3,850 (60)

Alcohol consumption, n (%)

< 0.001

 Current

24,721 (96.4)

6,285 (95.2)

6,216 (97.1)

6,101 (97)

6,119 (96.1)

 Never

384 (1.5)

97 (1.5)

72 (1.1)

79 (1.3)

136 (2.1)

 Previous

551 (2.1)

215 (3.3)

114 (1.8)

105 (1.7)

117 (1.8)

Hypertension, n (%)

< 0.001

 No

19,269 (75)

4,098 (62)

4,402 (69)

5,037 (80)

5,732 (90)

 Yes

6,387 (25)

2,499 (38)

2,000 (31)

1,248 (20)

640 (10)

Diabetes, n (%)

< 0.001

 No

24,537 (95.6)

5866 (88.9)

6107 (95.4)

6209 (98.8)

6355 (99.7)

 Yes

1,119 (4.4)

731 (11.1)

295 (4.6)

76 (1.2)

17 (0.3)

CVD, n (%)

< 0.001

 No

24,316 (94.8)

6,065 (91.9)

6,012 (95.9)

6,044 (96.2)

6,195 (97.2)

 Yes

1,340 (5.2)

532 (8.1)

390 (6.1)

241 (3.8)

177 (2.8)