title: Diet and prostate cancer: a case-control study.
abstract: A case-control study, performed in two towns of Serbia (Yugoslavia) from 1990 to 1994, comprised 101 patients with histologically confirmed prostate cancer and 202 hospital controls individually matched by age (+/-2 years), hospital admittance and place of residence. Dietary information was obtained by using a standard questionnaire. After adjustment for possible confounders, risk factors for prostate cancer appeared to be the highest tertile of protein (odds ratio (OR) = 13.54, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.38-77.13), saturated fatty acid (OR = 3.63, 95% CI = 1.03-12.79), fibre (OR = 4.02, 95% CI = 1.38-11.73), and vitamin B12 intake (OR = 2.07, 95% CI = 1.08-3.97); a protective effect was found for the highest tertile of alpha-tocopherol (OR = 0.15, 95% CI = 0.05-0.53), calcium (OR = 0.37, 95% CI = 0.14-0.99) and iron intake (OR = 0.34, 95% CI = 0.12-0.95). There were significant (P < 0.05) linear trends in the odds ratios for alpha-tocopherol, vitamin B12, calcium and iron. According to logistic regression step by step analysis, risk factors for prostate cancer were dietary intake of retinol equivalent (OR = 1.64, 95% CI = 1.01-2.67) and vitamin B12 (OR = 1.87, 95% CI = 1.15-3.05), and a protective effect was found for dietary intake of iron (OR = 0.40, 95% CI = 0.27-0.58).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Belgrade University, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Vlajinac
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Marinković
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ilić
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Kocev
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018977:Micronutrients; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D018977:Micronutrients