By: Drugs.com Headline News
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Men with higher intake of dairy foods, but not nondairy calcium, may have a higher risk for prostate cancer versus men with lower intakes, according to a study published June 8 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Michael J.Orlich, M.D., Ph.D., from Loma Linda University in California, and colleagues evaluated the association between dairy (dietary calcium) and prostate cancer.
The researchers found that men at the 90th percentile of dairy intake (430 g/day) versus those at the 10th percentile (20.2 g/day) had higher prostate cancer risk.
The association was stronger when comparing 90th percentile intake to zero intake.
“However, they do suggest that risk of prostate cancer is causally associated either with higher intake of dairy products, or some unknown causal factor that is strongly associated with dairy intake.
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