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Case‐control study of anthropometric measures and prostate cancer risk
Author(s) -
Friedenreich Christine M.,
McGregor S. Elizabeth,
Courneya Kerry S.,
Angyalfi Steven J.,
Elliott Frederick G.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.20110
Subject(s) - anthropometry , medicine , quartile , body mass index , odds ratio , prostate cancer , logistic regression , waist , waist–hip ratio , population , case control study , risk factor , demography , gynecology , cancer , confidence interval , environmental health , sociology
A population‐based case‐control study of 988 stage T2 or greater prostate cancer cases and 1,063 controls was conducted in Alberta from November 1997 to December 2000 to examine the influence of anthropometric risk factors on the risk of prostate cancer using several different measures. An in‐person interview was conducted, and all anthropometric measurements were taken using standardized methods. Respondents also recalled their body weight at each decade from age 20 to the referent year. Several anthropometric variables were derived, and unconditional logistic regression analyses were performed. The multivariable odds ratios, when comparing the highest to the lowest quartile were: for body mass index, OR = 1.12 (95% CI 0.85–1.47); for waist‐hip ratio, OR = 1.07 (0.83–1.38); for height, OR = 0.78 (0.60–1.02); for weight, OR = 0.91 (0.70–1.18); for weight gain since age 20, OR = 0.91 (0.70–1.19); and for difference between minimum and maximum adult weight, OR = 0.89 (0.69–1.16). Our study provides evidence for no association between any measures of anthropometry including several derived measures of changes in weight over lifetime and prostate cancer risk. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.