Milk consumption and cancer incidence: a Norwegian prospective study.
Relationships between milk intake and cancer incidence were investigated after 11 1/2 years of follow-up of 15,914 individuals. A diagnosis of cancer was made in a total of 1,422 individuals. No association was established with total cancer incidence, in analyses adjusted for sex, age and residential characteristics. However, a strong positive association with milk consumption was observed for cancers of the lymphatic organs (odds ratio 3.4 for greater than or equal to 2 glasses per day vs less than 1; 95% confidence interval 1.4-8.2). An inverse association was found for cancer of the bladder. Kidney cancer and cancers of the female reproductive organs (except the uterine cervix) showed weak positive associations with milk intake.
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Centre for Epidemiologic Research, University of Bergen HIB, Norway.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008892:Milk / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009664:Norway; D011446:Prospective Studies