Table 1.

Age-adjusted^a means and proportions among 3,918 men with prostate cancer by the 1st, 3rd, and 5th quintile of total dairy, low-fat dairy, and full fat dairy intake^b at start of follow-up

	Total dairy intake			Low-fat dairy intake			Full fat dairy
Characteristic	Q1	Q3	Q5	Q1	Q3	Q5	Q1	Q3	Q5
Median intake, serving/d	0.6	1.7	3.9	0.1	1.1	3.0	0.1	0.9	2.6
Age at diagnosis, y	68.3	69.1	69.8	68.7	68.6	69.8	69.4	69.2	69.3
Caucasian, %	93.9	97.2	98.0	94.0	96.4	98.4	94.6	96.6	97.3
Family history of prostate cancer, %	9.9	10.1	11.0	9.6	11.3	10.4	10.6	10.6	11.7
TNM stage, %
T1	54.9	58.1	56.6	55.0	56.0	56.9	55.9	54.8	55.1
T2	40.9	37.0	39.3	41.1	39.1	38.8	39.5	41.5	41.1
T3a	4.3	4.9	4.2	3.9	4.8	4.2	4.6	3.7	3.8
Gleason score, %
2–6	64.9	67.5	63.9	65.6	66.8	63.3	66.1	65.8	67.4
7	27.1	24.7	26.2	26.2	24.1	27.1	25.6	25.2	24.7
8–10	8.0	7.8	9.9	8.2	9.1	9.6	8.4	9.0	7.8
PSA at diagnosis, %
<10	71.8	72.5	68.7	69.6	71.3	70.1	71.8	71.2	67.7
10–20	19.8	18.8	21.5	20.6	18.8	19.7	19.0	20.2	22.7
>20	8.5	8.7	9.8	9.7	9.8	10.2	9.2	8.6	9.6
Treatment, %
Radical prostatectomy	48.3	51.6	49.3	46.4	50.1	50.0	49.9	48.8	48.5
Radiation therapy	36.7	33.1	36.0	37.4	35.8	36.1	35.1	38.0	35.4
Hormonal treatment	5.2	5.5	6.2	5.7	5.3	5.5	5.7	5.1	5.8
Active surveillance	7.2	8.1	7.0	8.0	7.4	7.0	7.8	6.3	8.3
Other	2.7	1.7	1.4	2.5	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.8	2.0
BMI, kg/m^b	25.6	25.7	26.0	25.9	25.6	25.8	25.2	25.8	26.2
Current smokers, %	4.7	4.0	6.1	5.6	4.2	4.7	3.0	5.4	5.6
Physical activity, MET-h/wk	34.8	33.9	37.3	33.5	34.7	36.3	36.2	34.8	36.5
Tomato sauce intake, servings/wk	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1
α-linolenic acid intake, g/d	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2
PSA screening, v%^c	95.1	94.4	95.5	93.1	96.8	95.9	97.3	94.1	94.9

↵^aAdjusted for age at prostate cancer diagnosis (<60, 60–64, 65–69, 70–74, and 75+).
↵^bQuintiles of servings per day.
↵^cEver had a PSA test for routine screening; restricted to men diagnosed after 1992.