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. 1999 Jun;80(7):1107–1113. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690472

Animal products, calcium and protein and prostate cancer risk in the Netherlands Cohort Study

A G Schuurman 1, P A van den Brandt 1, E Dorant 1, R A Goldbohm 2
PMCID: PMC2363036  PMID: 10362125

Abstract

Prostate cancer risk in relation to consumption of animal products, and intake of calcium and protein was investigated in the Netherlands Cohort Study. At baseline in 1986, 58 279 men aged 55–69 years completed a self-administered 150-item food frequency questionnaire and a questionnaire on other risk factors for cancer. After 6.3 years of follow-up, 642 prostate cancer cases were available for analysis. In multivariate case-cohort analyses adjusted for age, family history of prostate cancer and socioeconomic status, no associations were found for consumption of fresh meat, fish, cheese and eggs. Positive trends in risk were found for consumption of cured meat and milk products (P-values 0.04 and 0.02 respectively). For calcium and protein intake, no associations were observed. The hypothesis that dietary factors might be more strongly related to advanced prostate tumours could not be confirmed in our study. We conclude that, in this study, animal products are not strongly related to prostate cancer risk. © 1999 Cancer Research Campaign

Keywords: prostate neoplasms, cohort study, meat, dairy, calcium, protein

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