Do dietary lycopene and other carotenoids protect against prostate cancer?

To determine whether dietary intake of lycopene and other carotenoids has an etiological association with prostate cancer, a case-control study was conducted in Hangzhou, southeast China during 2001-2002. The cases were 130 incident patients with histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prosta...

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Main Authors: Jian, Le, Lee, Andy, Binns, Colin, Du, C.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Liss, Inc. 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40845
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Lee, Andy
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Du, C.
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description To determine whether dietary intake of lycopene and other carotenoids has an etiological association with prostate cancer, a case-control study was conducted in Hangzhou, southeast China during 2001-2002. The cases were 130 incident patients with histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate. The controls were 274 hospital inpatients without prostate cancer or any other malignant diseases. Information on usual food consumption, including vegetables and fruits, was collected by face-to-face interviews using a structured food frequency questionnaire. The risks of prostate cancer for the intake of carotenoids and selected vegetables and fruits rich in carotenoids were assessed using multivariate logistic regression, adjusting for age, locality, education, income, body mass index, marital status, number of children, family history of prostate cancer, tea drinking, total fat and caloric intake. The prostate cancer risk declined with increasing consumption of lycopene, -carotene, -carotene, -cryptoxanthin, lutein and zeaxanthin. Intake of tomatoes, pumpkin, spinach, watermelon and citrus fruits were also inversely associated with the prostate cancer risk. The adjusted odds ratios for the highest versus the lowest quartiles of intake were 0.18 (95% CI: 0.08-0.41) for lycopene, 0.43 (95% CI: 0.21-0.85) for -carotene, 0.34 (95% CI: 0.17-0.69) for -carotene, 0.15 (95% CI: 0.06-0.34) for -cryptoxanthin and 0.02 (95% CI: 0.01-0.10) for lutein and zeaxanthin. The corresponding dose-response relationships were also significant, suggesting that vegetables and fruits rich in lycopene and other carotenoids may be protective against prostate cancer.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-408452017-09-13T15:59:55Z Do dietary lycopene and other carotenoids protect against prostate cancer? Jian, Le Lee, Andy Binns, Colin Du, C. lycopene prostate cancer carotenoids case-control study China To determine whether dietary intake of lycopene and other carotenoids has an etiological association with prostate cancer, a case-control study was conducted in Hangzhou, southeast China during 2001-2002. The cases were 130 incident patients with histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate. The controls were 274 hospital inpatients without prostate cancer or any other malignant diseases. Information on usual food consumption, including vegetables and fruits, was collected by face-to-face interviews using a structured food frequency questionnaire. The risks of prostate cancer for the intake of carotenoids and selected vegetables and fruits rich in carotenoids were assessed using multivariate logistic regression, adjusting for age, locality, education, income, body mass index, marital status, number of children, family history of prostate cancer, tea drinking, total fat and caloric intake. The prostate cancer risk declined with increasing consumption of lycopene, -carotene, -carotene, -cryptoxanthin, lutein and zeaxanthin. Intake of tomatoes, pumpkin, spinach, watermelon and citrus fruits were also inversely associated with the prostate cancer risk. The adjusted odds ratios for the highest versus the lowest quartiles of intake were 0.18 (95% CI: 0.08-0.41) for lycopene, 0.43 (95% CI: 0.21-0.85) for -carotene, 0.34 (95% CI: 0.17-0.69) for -carotene, 0.15 (95% CI: 0.06-0.34) for -cryptoxanthin and 0.02 (95% CI: 0.01-0.10) for lutein and zeaxanthin. The corresponding dose-response relationships were also significant, suggesting that vegetables and fruits rich in lycopene and other carotenoids may be protective against prostate cancer. 2005 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40845 10.1002/ijc.20667 Wiley-Liss, Inc. unknown
spellingShingle lycopene
prostate cancer
carotenoids
case-control study
China
Jian, Le
Lee, Andy
Binns, Colin
Du, C.
Do dietary lycopene and other carotenoids protect against prostate cancer?
title Do dietary lycopene and other carotenoids protect against prostate cancer?
title_full Do dietary lycopene and other carotenoids protect against prostate cancer?
title_fullStr Do dietary lycopene and other carotenoids protect against prostate cancer?
title_full_unstemmed Do dietary lycopene and other carotenoids protect against prostate cancer?
title_short Do dietary lycopene and other carotenoids protect against prostate cancer?
title_sort do dietary lycopene and other carotenoids protect against prostate cancer?
topic lycopene
prostate cancer
carotenoids
case-control study
China
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40845