title: Coffee and cancer: a prospective study of 43,000 Norwegian men and women.
abstract: Relationships between coffee drinking and cancer incidence were examined in a 10-year complete follow-up of 21,735 men and 21,238 women aged 35-54 years. The study population participated in a cardiovascular screening in three countries in Norway during 1977-82. Data on coffee and smoking habits were based on information from a self-administered questionnaire. There was no association between coffee consumption and overall risk of cancer. A positive association was found between coffee drinking and risk of lung cancer, also after adjustment for age, cigarette smoking, and county of residence. Residual confounding by cigarette smoking and other lifestyle factors cannot be ruled out. A negative association was found with cancer of buccal cavity and pharynx and with malignant melanoma in women. No significant associations were found between coffee drinking and incidence of cancer of the pancreas or the bladder.
authors.affiliation: National Health Screening Service, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stensvold
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001628:Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects; D003069:Coffee / Q000009:adverse effects; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008019:Life Style; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D003069:Coffee