Skip to main content

Table 1 Diabetes and mortality in prostate cancer

From: Diabetes and mortality in patients with prostate cancer: a meta-analysis

First author (year), name of study, country

Sample characteristics (sample size, study recruitment period)

Follow-up period (year), study design

Criteria of the cause of death

Comparisons

RR (95 % CI)

Adjustment factors

Park (2006), National Health Insurance Corporation Study and Korean Central Cancer Registry, South Korea

256 men (1996–2004)

Median: 3.03 years,

prospective cohort study

National statistical data

Fasting serum glucose <110

Prostate cancer-specific mortality

1.81 (0.61–5.40)

Age, alcohol consumption, BMI, cholesterol level, physical activity, food preference, blood pressure, and other comorbidities

Merrick (2007), Schiffler Cancer Center, USA

530 men (1995–2003)

Median: 5.7 years,

prospective cohort study

Documentations for cause of death

Diabetes versus non-diabetes

Prostate cancer-specific mortality

2.41 (1.14–5.15)

Smoking, age, percent of positive biopsies, and body mass index

Van de Poll-Franse (2007), Eindhoven Cancer Registry, the Netherlands

5478 men (1995–2002)

3–10 years, prospective cohort study

Documentations for cause of death

Diabetes versus non-diabetes

All-cause mortality

1.19 (1.04–1.37)

Age, disease stage, treatment, and cardiovascular disease

Smith (2008), Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Protocol 92–02, USA

1551 men (1992–1995)

Median: 8.17 years, prospective cohort study

Documentations for cause of death

Diabetes versus non-diabetes

All-cause mortality

1.77 (1.45–2.16)

Prostate cancer mortality

0.80 (0.51–1.25)

Non-prostate cancer-specific mortality

2.12 (1.69–2.66)

Age, ethnicity, tumor stage, Gleason score, prostate-specific antigen, weight, and treatment arm

D’Amico (2010), Chicago Prostate Cancer Center, USA

5279 men (1997–2007)

Median: 3.9 years, prospective cohort study

Documentations for cause of death

Diabetes versus non-diabetes

Prostate cancer-specific mortality

1.28 (0.54–3.03)

Non-prostate cause-specific mortality

1.53 (1.13–2.07)

History of myocardial infraction, treatment received, age, year of brachytherapy, and prostate cancer risk group

Tseng (2011), Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Taiwan

102,651 men (1995–2006)

12 years, prospective cohort study

ICD-9

Type 2 diabetes versus non-diabetes

All-cause mortality (diabetes)

Diabetes of any duration at enrollment

–

Age

n

N

RR

40–64

17

23,958

6.72 (4.43–10.19)

65–74

58

12,395

2.76 (2.15–3.55)

≥ 75

33

3574

1.51 (1.08–2.13)

All-cause mortality (type 2 diabetes)

Diabetes of any duration at enrollment

Age

n

N

RR

40–64

16

23,197

6.52 (4.24–10.03)

65–74

58

12,051

2.74 (2.12–3.53)

≥ 75

53

3448

1.56 (1.11–2.19)

Batty (2011), Whitehall Study, London, UK

17,934 men (1967–1970)

40–69 years of age

Maximum: 40 years, prospective cohort study

ICD8/9:185, ICD10:C61

Diabetes versus non-diabetes

Prostate cancer-specific mortality

0.24 (0.03–1.73)

BMI, plasma cholesterol, physical activity, socio-economic status, diabetes/blood glucose, marital status, FEV1, height, smoking, diastolic and systolic blood pressure, and age at risk

Chamie (2012), Greater Los Angeles and Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA

1031 men (1997–2004), 66–75 years of age

10 years, prospective cohort study

Social security death index

Diabetes versus non-diabetes

Prostate cancer-specific mortality

Diabetes without end-organ damage

2.32 (1.32–4.08)

Diabetes with end-organ damage

4.27 (1.64–11.10)

–

Chiou (2012), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Linkou, Taiwan

81,564 men (2001–2010)

9 years, prospective cohort study

ICD-9

Type 2 diabetes versus non-diabetes

Prostate cancer-specific mortality

Non-diabetes 0.47 (0.38–0.59)

Diabetes 0.82 (0.59–1.13)

Age

Liu (2012), Center for Primary Health Care Research, Sweden

2217 men (1961–2008)

7 years, prospective cohort study

ICD-9

Type 2 diabetes versus non-type 2 diabetes

Prostate cancer-specific mortality

1.32 (1.23–1.41)

Age at diagnosis, diabetes period, obesity, alcohol, smoking, socioeconomic status, and diagnosis site

Karlin (2012), Academic Medical Center located in metropolitan USA

4347 men (1999–2008)

Median: 4 prospective cohort study. 5 years

ICD-9

Diabetes versus non-diabetes

All-cause mortality

1.36 (1.05–1.76)

Age

Currie (2012), A retrospective cohort study, U.K.

15,951 men (1990–2009)

Mean: 6.7 (± 0.08) years, Retrospective cohort study

Median: 9.3 years (9.2–9.4)

Documentations for cause of death

Type 2 diabetes versus non-diabetes

All-cause mortality

1.19 (1.08–1.31)

Age at baseline, smoking history, Charleston comorbidity index, and year of diagnosis

Shetti (2012), American Joint Committee on Cancer, USA

1624 men (1995–2006)

Mean: 7.8 years

Median: 7.6 years

Documentations for cause of death

Diabetes versus non-diabetes

All-cause mortality

1.54 (1.10–2.15)

Age, PSA, Gleason score, percent positive biopsies, BMI, prostate volume, clinical stage, XRT, ADT, ADT duration, perennial invasion, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, CAD, and tobacco use

Yeh (2012), a local campaign against cancer and heart disease (CLUE II) cohort study, USA

18,280 men (1989–2006)

17 years, prospective cohort study

National death Index, Maryland death

Diabetes versus non-diabetes

All-cause mortality

1.43 (0.31–6.69)

Age, sex, BMI, smoking, education level, hypertension treatment, and high cholesterol treatment

Bensimon (2014), National Cancer Date Repository (NCDR), Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) database, and Office for National Statistics (ONS) database, UK

11,920 men (1998–2012)

Mean: 4.7 (±0.08) years, prospective cohort study

Documentations for cause of death

Type 2 diabetes versus non-type 2 diabetes

Prostate cancer-specific mortality

1.23 (1.04–1.46)

All-cause mortality

1.25 (1.11–1.40)

Age, year of cohort entry, ethnicity, excessive alcohol use, BMI, smoking status, chronic kidney disease, myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, peripheral artery disease, previous cancer, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, calcium channel blockers, beta-blockers, diuretics, other antihypertensive drugs, aspirin, other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, statins, 5-alpha reductive inhibitors, and the following prostate cancer-related variables: PSA levels, Gleason score, radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and ADT

Best (2015), Strong Heart Study, USA

1784 men (1989–1991)

17.2 years, prospective cohort study

ICD9

Diabetes versus non-diabetes

Prostate cancer-specific mortality

2.96 (1.15–7.57)

Age, stratified by center, BMI, Education, drinking status, and smoking status

Polesel (2016), Multicentre hospital-based-control study

715 men (1995–2002)

11.6 years

Retrospective cohort study

Regional health care system databases

Diabetes versus non-diabetes

Prostate cancer-specific mortality

0.64 (0.22–1.88)

All-cause mortality

1.56 (1.03–2.36)

Age at diagnosis, years of education, Gleason score, and smoking

  1. ADT androgen deprivation therapy, BMI body mass index, CAD coronary artery disease, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, PSA prostate specific antigen, XRT X-radiation therapy, ICD international classification of diseases