Dietary Patterns and Prostate Cancer Risk in the Multiethnic Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthy dietary patterns have been linked to reduced cancer risk, but evidence for prostate cancer remains inconsistent, especially across diverse populations.

Methods

In the Multiethnic Cohort study, we examined associations between 11 diet scores and prostate cancer risk among 79,930 men (White, African American, Japanese American, Latino, or Native Hawaiian). HRs and 95% confidence intervals (CI) per 1 SD increase in each score were estimated from Cox proportional hazards models for total prostate cancer and by grade, stage, and aggressiveness. Analyses were conducted overall and within racial/ethnic groups. A significance threshold of P < 0.003 was used to adjust for multiple testing.

Results

Over a mean follow-up of 18.8 years, 9,759 prostate cancer ca

SUBMITTER: Xiong W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12767499 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature