Association of energy intake with prostate cancer in a long-term aging study: Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (United States)

LJ Hsieh, HB Carter, PK Landis, KL Tucker, EJ Metter… - Urology, 2003 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To examine the association of total energy intake and macronutrient
contributors to energy with prostate cancer risk among men in the Baltimore Longitudinal
Study of Aging. METHODS: In the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging cohort, 444 men
completed at least one food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). At their earliest FFQ completion,
men were 45 to 92 years old. The total number of prostate cancer cases (n= 68) consisted of
men who were diagnosed with cancer before their FFQ completion (n= 46) and those who …