Open AccessDifferences in the prevalence of modifiable risk and protective factors for prostate cancer by race and ethnicity in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Author(s) -
Kali Defever,
Elizabeth A. Platz,
David S. López,
Alison M. Mondul
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ccc. cancer causes and control/ccc, cancer causes and control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.073
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-7225
pISSN - 0957-5243
DOI - 10.1007/s10552-020-01326-9
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , medicine , prostate cancer , demography , ethnic group , epidemiology , logistic regression , risk factor , odds ratio , percentile , cancer , prostate cancer screening , gerontology , national health interview survey , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , prostate specific antigen , population , sociology , anthropology , statistics , physics , mathematics , optics
Prostate cancer burden is disproportionate by race. Black men have the highest incidence and mortality rates. Rates for Hispanic men are significantly lower than for non-Hispanic Whites. Whether differences in prevalences of modifiable risk and protective factors for prostate cancer may explain these racial/ethnic differences remains unclear.