Intake of individual fatty acids and risk of prostate cancer in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition.

ABSTRACT: The associations of individual dietary fatty acids with prostate cancer risk have not been examined comprehensively. We examined the prospective association of individual dietary fatty acids with prostate cancer risk overall, by tumor subtypes, and prostate cancer death. 142,239 men from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition who were free from cancer at recruitment were included. Dietary intakes of individual fatty acids were estimated using center-specific validated dietary questionnaires at baseline and calibrated with 24-h recalls. Multivariable Cox regression models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). After an average follow-up of 13.9 years, 7,036 prostate cancer cases and 936 prostate cancer deaths were ascertained.

SUBMITTER: Perez-Cornago A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6899744 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature