A prospective study of coffee intake and pancreatic cancer: results from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence evaluating the association between type of coffee intake (caffeinated, decaffeinated) and risk of pancreatic cancer is limited.

Methods

In the US NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, we used Cox proportional hazards regression to estimate hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for coffee intake and risk of pancreatic cancer among 457 366 US adults.

Results

Over 4 155 256 person-years of follow-up, 1541 incident first primary pancreatic cancers occurred. Following detailed adjustment for tobacco smoking history, risk estimates for coffee drinking were not statistically significant; compared with never drinkers of coffee, the hazard ratios (95% CI) were 1.05 (0.85-1.30), 1.06 (0.86-1.31), 1.03 (0.85-1.25), 1.00 (0.79-1.25), and 1.24 (0.93-1.65)

SUBMITTER: Guertin KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4651134 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature