Alcohol consumption and the risk of renal cancers in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC)
Wozniak, Magdalena B.; Brennan, Paul; Brenner, Darren R.; Overvad, Kim; Olsen, Anja; Tjonneland, Anne; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Clavel-Chapelon, Francoise; Fagherazzi, Guy; Katzke, Verena; Kuehn, Tilman; Boeing, Heiner; Bergmann, Manuela M.; Steffen, Annika; Naska, Androniki; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Saieva, Calogero; Grioni, Sara; Panico, Salvatore; Tumino, Rosario; Vineis, Paolo; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B(as); Peeters, Petra H.; Hjartaker, Anette; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Arriola, Larraitz; Molina-Montes, Esther; Duell, Eric J.; Santiuste, Carmen; Alonso de la Torre, Ramon; Barricarte Gurrea, Aurelio; Stocks, Tanja; Johansson, Mattias; Ljungberg, Borje; Wareham, Nick; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Travis, Ruth C.; Cross, Amanda J.; Murphy, Neil; Riboli, Elio; Scelo, Ghislaine
(2015) International Journal of Cancer, volume 137, issue 8, pp. 1953 - 1966
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Abstract
Epidemiologic studies have reported that moderate alcohol consumption is inversely associated with the risk of renal cancer. However, there is no information available on the associations in renal cancer subsites. From 1992 through to 2010, 477,325 men and women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort were
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followed for incident renal cancers (n=931). Baseline and lifetime alcohol consumption was assessed by country-specific, validated dietary questionnaires. Information on past alcohol consumption was collected by lifestyle questionnaires. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated from Cox proportional hazard models. In multivariate analysis, total alcohol consumption at baseline was inversely associated with renal cancer; the HR and 95% CI for the increasing categories of total alcohol consumption at recruitment versus the light drinkers category were 0.78 (0.62-0.99), 0.82 (0.64-1.04), 0.70 (0.55-0.90), 0.91 (0.63-1.30), respectively, (p(trend)=0.001). A similar relationship was observed for average lifetime alcohol consumption and for all renal cancer subsites combined or for renal parenchyma subsite. The trend was not observed in hypertensive individuals and not significant in smokers. In conclusion, moderate alcohol consumption was associated with a decreased risk of renal cancer. What's new? Previous studies have indicated that environmental or lifestyle factors may be involved in the etiology of renal cancer, and that moderate alcohol consumption may reduce the risk of this type of cancer. In this very large European study (nearly 500,000 subjects), the authors found that, indeed, total alcohol consumption was inversely associated with renal cancer overall (for all subsites combined), and also with cancers of the renal parenchyma.
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Keywords: kidney cancer, renal cell carcinoma, risk factors, alcohol consumption, EPIC, cohort study, CELL CARCINOMA, KIDNEY CANCER, FLUID INTAKE, WOMEN, METAANALYSIS, COUNTRIES, DRINKING, COHORT, DIET, EPIDEMIOLOGY, Journal Article, Multicenter Study
ISSN: 0020-7136
Publisher: Wiley-Liss Inc.
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