Table 2.

Multivariable associations of consumption of concentrated sugars (grams) from beverages with prostate cancer risk^†,^‡

	Sugar-sweetened beverages			Fruit juices			Desserts
	N Cases/Total Person-Years	HR	95% CI	N Cases/Total Person-Years	HR	95% CI	N Cases/Total Person-Years	HR	95% CI
Prostate Cancer (n=1996)
Q1	398 /41955	1.00	–	433 /45505	1.00	–	481 /45662	1.00	–
Q2	544 /48923	1.11	0.97, 1.26	524 /46618	1.14	1.01, 1.30	488 /45975	0.97	0.85, 1.10
Q3	519 /45944	1.14	1.0, 1.31	514 /44009	1.15	1.01, 1.31	527 /45746	1.03	0.91, 1.18
Q4	535 /46608	1.21**	1.06, 1.39	525 /47298	1.07	0.94, 1.22	500 /46047	0.95	0.83, 1.10
Low Grade (n=1014)
Q1	202 /41032	1.00	–	218 /44466	1.00	–	262 /44596	1.00	–
Q2	274 /47668	1.09	0.91, 1.31	271 /45336	1.17	0.97, 1.39	241 /44751	0.86	0.72, 1.03
Q3	251 /44693	1.14	0.94, 1.37	262 /42822	1.2	0.95, 1.37	257 /44436	0.90	0.76, 1.08
Q4	277 /45305	1.25*	1.03, 1.51	263 /46074	1.05	0.87, 1.26	254 /44915	0.87	0.71, 1.05
High Grade (n=960)
Q1	193 /41020	1.00	–	212 /44534	1.00	–	217 /44493	1.00	–
Q2	264 /47746	1.12	0.93, 1.36	248 /45378	1.13	0.94, 1.36	244 /44973	1.10	0.91, 1.33
Q3	251 /44850	1.14	0.94, 1.39	243 /42915	1.13	0.94, 1.36	262 /44563	1.18	0.98, 1.43
Q4	252 /45333	1.19	0.97, 1.45	257 /46122	1.09	0.90, 1.31	237 /44920	1.05	0.85, 1.29

^†Adjusted for age, race, study center, BMI, education, smoking, family history of prostate cancer, history of diabetes, PSA screening, and energy intake

^‡Quartile cutpoints (g/d): SSB - 0.63, 4.83, 19.21; fruit juices - 2.55, 9.24, 20.01; desserts - 7.85, 16.18, 28.87

^**P for trend < 0.01,

^*P for trend < 0.05