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Table 3 Hazard ratios for overall and Gleason-specific prostate cancer by coffee consumption categories among 3527 men from the Collaborative cohort study who survived until 1 st January 1997

From: Coffee consumption and prostate cancer risk: further evidence for inverse relationship

   

Cups of coffee per day

P-value for trend

  

0

1--2

≥3

 

All prostate cancer

    
 

Total PC cases

81

67

38

 
 

Hazard Ratio (95% CI)a

reference

0.86 (0.62-1.20)

0.75 (0.50-1.11)

0.15

 

Hazard Ratio (95% CI)b

reference

0.84 (0.60-1.21)

0.74 (0.47-1.16)

0.23

Gleason < 7

    
 

Total PC cases

17

17

07

 
 

Hazard Ratio (95% CI)a

reference

1.18 (0.59-2.35)

0.75 (0.30-1.87)

0.65

 

Hazard Ratio (95% CI)b

reference

1.04 (0.51-2.17)

0.54 (0.19-1.57)

0.48

Gleason = 7

    
 

Total PC cases

12

14

12

 
 

Hazard Ratio (95% CI)a

reference

1.13 (0.51-2.50)

1.39 (0.60-3.22)

0.45

 

Hazard Ratio (95% CI)b

reference

1.23 (0.53-2.84)

1.79 (0.69-4.62)

0.17

Gleason 8-10

    
 

Total PC cases

39

20

11

 
 

Hazard Ratio (95% CI)a

reference

0.52 (0.30-0.91)

0.45 (0.23-0.90)

0.01

 

Hazard Ratio (95% CI)b

reference

0.51 (0.28-0.92)

0.47 (0.22-1.01)

0.03

Unknown Gleason

    
 

Total PC cases

13

16

08

 
 

Hazard Ratio (95% CI)a

reference

1.26 (0.59-2.69)

0.99 (0.40-2.49)

0.08

 

Hazard Ratio (95% CI)b

reference

1.17 (0.52-2.64)

0.88 (0.31-2.48)

0.89

  1. Prostate cancer cases =186.
  2. a = adjusted for age and social class, b = adjusted for age at screening, cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, BMI, alcohol intake, tea intake, smoking status, social class.