Association of energy and fat intake with prostate carcinoma risk: results from The Netherlands Cohort Study.

Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. BACKGROUND: The roles of energy and fat intake as risk factors for prostate carcinoma are still questionable. Therefore, these factors were evaluated in the Netherlands Cohort Study described in this article. METHODS: The cohort study consisted of 58,279 men ages 55-69 years at baseline in 1986. After 6.3 years of follow-up, 642 incident prostate carcinoma cases were available for analysis. Intake of energy, fat, and separate fatty acids were measured by means of a self-administered questionnaire; fat intake was ad... Mehr ...