Journal article
A cohort study of farming and risk of prostate cancer in Iowa
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), Vol.10(4), pp.452-455
07/1999
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199907000-00019
PMID: 10401883
Abstract
Although farming has been linked to prostate cancer mortality, few investigations have addressed its association with prostate cancer incidence. We followed a population-based cohort of 1,177 cancer-free men for up to 9 years and identified 81 incident prostate cancers. Men whose usual occupation was farmer were at an increased risk of prostate cancer after adjustment for age, smoking, alcohol, and dietary factors (RR = 1.7; 95% CI = 1.0-2.7). Exclusion of well-differentiated, localized tumors slightly strengthened the association (RR = 2.0; 95% CI = 1.1-3.6). Risk was confined to older (age 70+ years) farmers (RR = 2.2; 95% CI = 1.1-4.3); we found no evidence of an effect among younger farmers (RR = 1.0; 95% CI = 0.4-2.1).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A cohort study of farming and risk of prostate cancer in Iowa
- Creators
- Alex S Parker - University of IowaJames R CerhanShannon D PutnamKenneth P CantorCharles F Lynch
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), Vol.10(4), pp.452-455
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1097/00001648-199907000-00019
- PMID
- 10401883
- ISSN
- 1044-3983
- eISSN
- 1531-5487
- Grant note
- R21 CA/ES69838 / NCI NIH HHS P30 ES05605 / NIEHS NIH HHS N01-CP-51026 / NCI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/1999
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology
- Record Identifier
- 9983995023102771
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