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Plasma phospholipid fatty acids, dietary fatty acids and prostate cancer risk
Author(s) -
Bassett Julie K.,
Severi Gianluca,
Hodge Allison M.,
MacInnis Robert J.,
Gibson Robert A.,
Hopper John L.,
English Dallas R.,
Giles Graham G.
Publication year - 2013
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.28203
Subject(s) - prostate cancer , palmitic acid , linoleic acid , oleic acid , medicine , endocrinology , hazard ratio , fatty acid , polyunsaturated fatty acid , cancer , confidence interval , cohort , phospholipid , proportional hazards model , physiology , chemistry , biochemistry , membrane
Animal and experimental studies have demonstrated that long‐chain n‐3 fatty acids inhibit the development of prostate cancer, whereas n‐6 fatty acids might promote it. We performed a case–cohort analysis within the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study using a random sample of 1,717 men and 464 prostate cancer cases to investigate associations between fatty acids assessed in plasma phospholipids (PPLs) or diet (estimated using a 121‐item food frequency questionnaire) and prostate cancer risk. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using Cox regression. Prostate cancer risk was positively associated with %PPL saturated fatty acids (SFAs); HR [95% CI] = 1.51 [1.06, 2.16] (Q5 vs . Q1, fifth vs . first quintile); p ‐trend = 0.003. HRs (Q5 to Q2 vs . Q1) were significantly elevated for %PPL palmitic acid. %PPL oleic acid was inversely associated with risk, HR = 0.62 [0.43, 0.91] (Q5 vs . Q1); p ‐trend = 0.04. No statistically significant linear trends were observed for dietary intakes. The HRs were elevated for moderate intakes of linoleic acid (Q2 and Q3 vs . Q1, 1.58 [1.10, 2.28] and 1.70 [1.18, 2.46], respectively), but the increase was not significant for higher intakes (Q4 and Q5). No association varied significantly by tumour aggressiveness (all p ‐homogeneity > 0.1). Prostate cancer risk was positively associated with %PPL SFA, largely attributable to palmitic acid and inversely associated with %PPL monounsaturated fatty acids, largely attributable to oleic acid. Higher risks were also observed for dietary n‐6 polyunsaturated fats, primarily linoleic acid.

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