Nut consumption and prostate cancer risk and mortality
Wang W, Yang M, Kenfield SA, Hu FB, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC, Fuchs CS, Giovannucci EL, Bao Y
British journal of cancer · 23 citations
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- Cohort study (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Clinical events such as disease or death
- Intake measured by
- Food frequency questionnaire
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Industry funded
- University or hospital
- Harvard University
- University or hospital
- Harvard Catalyst
- Government
- National Institutes of Health
- Government
- National Cancer Institute
- Government
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Government
- National Center for Research Resources
- Government
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- Government
- NCI NIH HHS
- Government
- NIDDK NIH HHS
- Government
- NCATS NIH HHS
- Authors
- At least one author declares a financial tie to industry
- Grants
- National Cancer Institute (U54CA155626); National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (TR001100); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK046200); National Cancer Institute (UM1-CA-167552); National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (KL2TR001100); Harvard University (KL2 TR001100); Harvard Catalyst (KL2 TR001100); Harvard University (UM1 CA167552); National Institutes of Health (UM1 CA167552); National Institutes of Health (KL2-TR001100); National Institutes of Health (P30 DK046200); National Institutes of Health (U54CA155626); National Institutes of Health (CA-167552); National Institutes of Health (TR001100); Harvard Catalyst (TR001100)
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Publication
- Published
- 2016-06-09 · Br J Cancer · vol. 115 · issue 3 · pp. 371–374
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Cited
- 32 citations · more than 88% of similar papers · 2.6× the field average
- References
- 19 works
- Access
- Open access (hybrid journal) · CC-BY-NC-SA
- Research areas
- Nuts composition and effects · Oral Health Pathology and Treatment · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Keywords
- Medicine, Nut, Prostate cancer, Incidence (geometry), Survivorship curve, Mortality rate, Consumption (sociology), Demography, Internal medicine, Cancer
- MeSH
- humans, nuts, prostatic neoplasms, incidence, risk factors, survival analysis, male
9 authors
From US
- Weike WangHarvard University
- Meng YangHarvard University
- Stacey A. KenfieldUniversity of California, San Francisco
- Frank B. HuBrigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard University
- Meir J. StampferBrigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard University
- Walter Churchill WillettBrigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard University
Abstract
Background
Little is known of the association between nut consumption, and prostate cancer (PCa) incidence and survivorship.
Methods
We conducted an incidence analysis and a case-only survival analysis in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study on the associations of nut consumption (updated every 4 years) with PCa diagnosis, and PCa-specific and overall mortality.
Results
In 26 years, 6810 incident PCa cases were identified from 47 299 men. There was no association between nut consumption and being diagnosed with PCa or PCa-specific mortality. However, patients who consumed nuts five or more times per week after diagnosis had a significant 34% lower rate of overall mortality than those who consumed nuts less than once per month (HR=0.66, 95% CI: 0.52-0.83, P-trend=0.0005).
Conclusions
There were no statistically significant associations between nut consumption, and PCa incidence or PCa-specific mortality. Frequent nut consumption after diagnosis was associated with significantly reduced overall mortality.
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