Red wine consumption and risk of prostate cancer
July 19th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer risksRed wine contains polyphenol antioxidants that inhibit prostate cancer development in animal studies. Recently, a scientific team has investigated the effect of red wine intake on risk of prostate cancer using data prospectively collected in the California Men’s Health Study (CMHS). CMHS is a multiethnic cohort of 84,170 men aged 45-69 years who were members of the Kaiser Permanente (KP) Southern and Northern California Health Plans.
The study did not find a clear association between red wine intake and risk of prostate cancer.
The lack of association for red wine intake was consistently observed when researchers restricted the analyses to those patients with and without a history of PSA screening. In addition, they also did not observe any association with prostate cancer for beer, white wine, liquor or combined alcoholic beverage intake. Neither red wine nor total alcohol consumption were associated with prostate cancer risk in this population of moderate drinkers.