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Alcohol Intake and Renal Cell Cancer in a Pooled Analysis of 12 Prospective Studies

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Lee, J. E., Hunter, D. J., Spiegelman, D., Adami, H.-O., Albanes, D., Bernstein, L., van den Brandt, P. A., Buring, J. E. +19 more·2007·JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The association between alcohol intake and risk of renal cell cancer has been inconsistent in case-control studies. An inverse association between alcohol intake and risk of renal cell cancer has been suggested in a few prospective studies, but each of these studies included a small number of cases. METHODS: We performed a pooled analysis of 12 prospective studies that included 530,469 women and 229,575 men with maximum follow-up times of 7-20 years. All participants had completed a validated food-frequency questionnaire at baseline. Using the primary data from each study, the study-specific relative risks (RRs) for renal cell cancer were calculated using Cox proportional hazards models and then pooled using a random-effects model. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS: A total of 1430 (711 women and 719 men) cases of incident renal cell cancer were identified. The study-standardized incidence rates of renal cell cancer were 23 per 100,000 person-years among nondrinkers and 15 per 100,000 person-years among those who drank 15 g/day or more of alcohol. Compared with nondrinking, alcohol consumption (> or = 15 g/day, equivalent to slightly more than one alcoholic drink per day) was associated with a decreased risk of renal cell cancer (pooled multivariable RR = 0.72, 95% confidence interval = 0.60 to 0.86; P(trend)<.001); statistically significant inverse trends with increasing intake were seen in both women and men. No difference by sex was observed (P(heterogeneity) = .89). Associations between alcohol intake and renal cell cancer were not statistically different across alcoholic beverage type (beer versus wine versus liquor) (P = .40). CONCLUSION: Moderate alcohol consumption was associated with a lower risk of renal cell cancer among both women and men in this pooled analysis.

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Lee, J. E., Hunter, D. J., Spiegelman, D., Adami, H.-O., Albanes, D., Bernstein, L., van den Brandt, P. A., Buring, J. E., Cho, E., Folsom, A. R., Freudenheim, J. L., Giovannucci, E., Graham, S., Horn-Ross, P. L., Leitzmann, M. F., McCullough, M. L., Miller, A. B., Parker, A. S., Rodriguez, C., Rohan, T. E., Schatzkin, A., Schouten, L. J., Virtanen, M., Willett, W. C., Wolk, A., Zhang, S. M., & Smith-Warner, S. A.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • University of Southern California (US)
Venue
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Published
2007-05-15
Volume
99
Issue
10
Pages
801-810
ISSN
  • 0027-8874 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2105
OpenAlex
W2153130650
Cited by
126
References
83
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FWCI
5.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (R01CA077398, CA-55075)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Renal cell carcinoma treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
Keywords
alcohol consumption, renal cell carcinoma, kidney cancer risk, moderate drinking, inverse association, alcohol type, beer, wine, alcoholic beverages, sex differences
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alcohol Drinking, Carcinoma, Renal Cell, Female, Humans, Kidney Neoplasms, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors

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