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Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0560 [M. M. L., J. S. C., M. W.]; Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, California 94587 [S. L. G.]; Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305 [S. L. G.]; Department of Epidemiology, Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China 10083 [R-T. W.]; and Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 [A. W. H.]
This case-control study in China evaluated the effect of soy food consumption and isoflavones (genistein and daidzein) on the risk of prostate cancer. One hundred and thirty-three cases and 265 age- and residential community-matched controls between the ages of 50 and 89 years were interviewed in person between 1989 and 1992. Usual consumption of soy foods and isoflavones was assessed using a food frequency questionnaire developed in China and a nutrient database developed and validated in Asian-American populations. The age- and total calorie-adjusted odds ratio (OR) of prostate cancer risk comparing the highest tertile of tofu intake to the lowest tertile was 0.58 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.350.96]. There were also statistically significant associations comparing the highest quartile of intake of soy foods (OR, 0.51; 95% CI, 0.280.95) and genistein (OR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.290.97) with the lowest quartiles. There was also an indication of a reduced risk associated with intake of daidzein (OR, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.311.04 for the highest versus lowest quartile). Our results indicate a reduced risk of prostate cancer associated with consumption of soy foods and isoflavones. These findings should be confirmed in longitudinal follow-up studies in populations with varying risk of prostate cancer.
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