Prostate cancer risk factors in black and white men in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are few prospective studies comparing race-specific associations between diet, nutrients, and health-related parameters, and prostate cancer risk.

Methods

Race-specific prostate cancer risk associations were examined among men in the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-AARP Diet and Health Study. We identified 1417 cases among black men (209 advanced), and 28,845 among white men (3898 advanced). Cox proportional hazards regression models estimated hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). We also evaluated the cumulative change in the HR for black race following adjustment for each factor.

Results

Race-specific prostate cancer associations were similar in black and white men across disease subtypes only for history of diabetes (overall :

SUBMITTER: Layne TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6676904 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature