Alcohol consumption, smoking, and other risk factors and prostate cancer in a large health plan cohort in California (United States).

摘要: Alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking have been suggested as possible causes of prostate cancer. We therefore examined this relation in a cohort 43,432 men who were members prepaid health plan northern California (United States) had received examination the period from 1979 through 1985. Detailed information on demographic variables, alcohol consumption, habits, medical complaints conditions, occupation, surgery (including vasectomy) was assessed. Symptoms prostatism history sexually transmitted diseases abstracted records all cancer patients matched subsample randomly selected control-subjects. associated with no elevated risk for 238 our study whom developed, but one or more packs cigarettes per day an adjusted relative (RR) 1.9 (95 percent confidence interval [CI] = 1.2-3.1). Prostate Black 2.2 (CI 1.6-3.1) when compared that White men, education level positively increasing trend (P < 0.020) up to RR 1.4 0.9-2.1) among postgraduate education. hypertrophy not if they occurred two years before diagnosis. The finding increased confirms observations others needs cautious interpretation because we unable adjust potential confounding effect dietary hormonal factors.