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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2012 Jan 24;131(6):1396–1406. doi: 10.1002/ijc.27372

Table 5.

Relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for prostate cancer risk according to quartiles of dairy product and red meat intakes in the ATBC Study, 1985–2006.

Quartiles of intake
p trend
1 2 3 4
Total dairy
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 472 466 492 499
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.96 (0.82–1.13) 1.01 (0.85–1.19) 1.04 (0.85–1.28) 0.59
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 105 115 105 113
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.04 (0.75–1.45) 0.91 (0.64–1.31) 0.89 (0.58–1.37) 0.47
Butter
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 459 510 461 499
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.08 (0.95–1.23) 0.97 (0.85–1.11) 1.07 (0.93–1.23) 0.61
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 85 134 104 115
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.54 (1.17–2.02) 1.21 (0.91–1.62) 1.45 (1.07–1.96) 0.05
Cheese
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 436 473 484 536
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.04 (0.91, 1.19) 1.03 (0.91, 1.18) 1.09 (0.96, 1.24) 0.22
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 81 129 103 125
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.55 (1.17–2.04) 1.19 (0.89–1.60) 1.35 (1.01–1.81) 0.35
Cream
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 430 460 505 534
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.02 (0.89–1.16) 1.09 (.0.96–1.24) 1.13 (0.99–1.29) 0.07
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 97 96 115 130
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.97 (0.73–1.29) 1.13 (0.86–1.49) 1.28 (0.97–1.67) 0.04
Cultured milk products
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 472 433 498 526
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.89 (0.78–1.02) 1.03 (0.90–1.16) 1.06 (0.93–1.20) 0.07
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 92 89 133 124
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.90 (0.67–1.21) 1.34 (1.02–1.75) 1.21 (0.92–1.60) 0.15
Ice cream
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 492 459 502 476
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.92 (0.81–1.04) 0.96 (0.85–1.09) 0.89 (0.78–1.01) 0.15
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 109 115 102 112
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.98 (0.75–1.27) 0.87 (0.66–1.14) 0.92 (0.70–1.21) 0.6
Lowfat milk
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 470 449 510 500
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.92 (0.81–1.05) 1.03 (0.90–1.17) 0.99 (0.86–1.14) 0.73
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 119 92 124 103
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.73 (0.55–0.96) 0.93 (0.71–1.20) 0.74 (0.56–0.99) 0.15
Sour milk products
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 503 464 496 466
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.92 (0.81–1.05) 0.96 (0.85–1.09) 0.92 (0.81–1.04) 0.42
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 98 117 96 127
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.13 (0.86–1.47) 0.94 (0.71–1.25) 1.23 (0.94–1.62) 0.16
Whole milk
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 505 483 469 472
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.97 (0.86–1.10) 0.97 (0.86–1.10) 0.98 (0.86–1.12) 0.93
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 98 130 119 91
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.33 (1.03–1.73) 1.26 (0.96–1.65) 0.95 (0.70–1.29) 0.15
Yogurt
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 485 474 466 504
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.99 (0.87, 1.12) 0.99 (0.87, 1.12) 1.05 (0.92–1.19) 0.31
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 109 100 120 109
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.93 (0.71–1.22) 1.12 (0.87–1.45) 1.01 (0.77–1.32) 0.94
Dairy fat
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 475 480 467 507
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.99 (0.87–1.13) 0.95 (0.84–1.08) 1.03 (0.91–1.18) 0.78
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 88 131 102 117
  Multivariate1 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.46 (1.11–1.91) 1.12 (0.84–1.50) 1.25 (0.93–1.66) 0.38
Calcium
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 345 942 517 125
  Multivariate 2 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.06 (0.94–1.20) 1.12 (0.97–1.28) 1.32 (1.08–1.63) 0.009
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 75 212 117 34
  Multivariate 2 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.12 (0.86–1.46) 1.16 (0.87–1.56) 1.62 (1.08–2.43) 0.04
Red meat
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 511 474 483 461
  Multivariate 2 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.90 (0.80–1.02) 0.92 (0.82–1.05) 0.89 (0.78–1.01) 0.11
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 129 97 111 101
  Multivariate 2 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.74 (0.57–0.97) 0.86 (0.67–1.11) 0.80 (0.62–1.05) 0.23
Beef
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 473 488 489 479
  Multivariate 2 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.99 (0.88–1.13) 0.99 (0.87–1.12) 0.97 (0.85–1.10) 0.62
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 115 103 115 105
  Multivariate 2 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.87 (0.67–1.14) 0.97 (0.75–1.26) 0.89 (0.68–1.16) 0.54
Sausages
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 484 515 463 467
  Multivariate 2 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.09 (0.960.123) 1.01 (0.89–1.15) 1.08 (0.95–1.23) 0.42
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 114 123 103 98
  Multivariate 2 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.12 (0.87–1.45) 0.99 (0.75–1.29) 1.02 (0.78–1.35) 0.88
Total fish
All prostate cancer cases (no.) 509 510 452 458
  Multivariate 2 RR (95% CI) 1.0 0.99 (0.88–1.12) 0.87 (0.76–0.98) 0.90 (0.79–1.02) 0.04
Advanced prostate cancer cases (no.) 99 115 115 109
  Multivariate 2 RR (95% CI) 1.0 1.12 (0.86–1.47) 1.08 (0.82–1.41) 1.02 (0.78–1.35) 0.93
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Adjusted for age, energy intake, smoking dose and duration, trial intervention assignment, education level, and dietary fat and calcium intakes

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Adjusted for age, energy intake, smoking dose and duration, trial intervention assignment, education level, and dietary fat intake