1. Folate intake and prostate cancer risk: a case-control study.
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Shannon J, Phoutrides E, Palma A, Farris P, Peters L, Forester A, Tillotson CJ, and Garzotto M
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alcohol Drinking, Biopsy, Body Mass Index, Case-Control Studies, Confidence Intervals, Diet Surveys, Folic Acid classification, Humans, Male, Matched-Pair Analysis, Middle Aged, Odds Ratio, Prostate-Specific Antigen blood, Prostatic Neoplasms pathology, Risk Factors, United States epidemiology, Veterans statistics & numerical data, Diet, Folic Acid administration & dosage, Prostatic Neoplasms epidemiology
- Abstract
Folate deficiency has been implicated in the carcinogenesis of several tumor types. The role of folate in prostate cancer remains indeterminate. We investigated folate as a risk factor for prostate cancer among 140 biopsy-confirmed prostate cancer patients, 230 age-matched clinic controls, and 250 negative prostate biopsy controls. Dietary folate intake was inversely associated with overall risk of prostate cancer as compared to clinic controls (P for a linear trend = 0.003). When stratified by disease severity, dietary folate and folate from natural sources were associated with reduced risk of high-grade cancer as compared to both clinic controls (P for a linear trend = 0.0009 and 0.02, respectively) and biopsy negative controls (P for a linear trend = 0.03 and 0.05, respectively). There was no interaction between alcohol consumption and folate intake. These analyses support an inverse association between dietary folate intake and prostate cancer risk and primarily risk of high-grade prostate cancer.
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- 2009
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