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Body Size and Risk of Prostate Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

2008; American Association for Cancer Research; Volume: 17; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1158/1055-9965.epi-08-0609

1538-7755

Tobias Pischon, Heiner Boeing, Steffen Weikert, Naomi E. Allen, Tim Key, Nina Føns Johnsen, Anne Tjønneland, Marianne Tang Severinsen, Kim Overvad, Sabine Rohrmann, Rudolf Kaaks, Antonia Trichopoulou, Gitaki Zoi, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Valeria Pala, Domenico Palli, ­Rosario ­Tumino, Carlotta Sacerdote, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Anne M. May, Jonas Manjer, Peter Wallström, Pär Stattin, Göran Hallmans, Genevieve Buckland, Nerea Larrañaga, María Dolores Chirlaque, Carmen Martínez, Maria Luisa Redondo Cornejo, Eva Ardanáz, Sheila Bingham, Kay‐Tee Khaw, Sabina Rinaldi, Nadia Slimani, Mazda Jenab, Elio Ríboli,

Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism

Abstract Background: Body size has been hypothesized to influence the risk of prostate cancer; however, most epidemiologic studies have relied on body mass index (BMI) to assess adiposity, whereas only a few studies have examined whether body fat distribution predicts prostate cancer. Methods: We examined the association of height, BMI, waist and hip circumference, and waist-hip ratio with prostate cancer risk among 129,502 men without cancer at baseline from 8 countries of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), using Cox regression, with age as time metric, stratifying by study center and age at recruitment, and adjusting for education, smoking status, alcohol consumption, and physical activity. Results: During a mean follow-up of 8.5 years, 2,446 men developed prostate cancer. Waist circumference and waist-hip ratio were positively associated with risk of advanced disease. The relative risk of advanced prostate cancer was 1.06 (95% confidence interval, 1.01-1.1) per 5-cm-higher waist circumference and 1.21 (95% confidence interval, 1.04-1.39) per 0.1-unit-higher waist-hip ratio. When stratified by BMI, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio were positively related to risk of total, advanced, and high-grade prostate cancer among men with lower but not among those with higher BMI (Pinteraction for waist with BMI, 0.25, 0.02, and 0.05, respectively; Pinteraction for waist-hip ratio with BMI, 0.27, 0.22, and 0.14; respectively). Conclusions: These data suggest that abdominal adiposity may be associated with an increased risk of advanced prostate cancer. This association may be stronger among individuals with lower BMI; however, this finding needs confirmation in future studies. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008;17(11):3252–61)