We first explored the correlations of the five selected SNPs (rs564398 [T/C], rs1333048 [A/C], rs1537373 [G/T], rs2151280 [A/G] and rs8181047 [G/A]) of CDKN2B‐AS1 with the incidence of PCa. This evidence concerns the gene CDKN2B and posterior cortical atrophy.