Case‐control study of prostatic cancer in Kyoto, Japan: Demographic and some lifestyle risk factors

Demographic risk factors for prostatic cancer were examined in a case‐control study of 100 triplets of prostatic cancer patients and age‐, hospital‐, and admission date‐matched control series of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients and general hospital patients. A higher risk of prostatic cancer was associated with the following factors: 1) long‐term occupation in transport or communication (relative risk [RR] = 4.92, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.18–20.5) as compared with hospital controls; 2) the wife having a lower educational level (RR = 1.88, 95%CI: 1.02–3.45) as compared with hospital controls; 3) no past episode of hypertension as compared with BPH controls (RR = 2.30, 95%CI: 1.27–4.15); 4) having several sisters (more than four) as compared with both BPH and hospital controls (RR = 3.82, 95%CI: 1.35–10.8 and RR = 2.94, 95%CI: 1.08–8.03 respectively); 5) dense body hair as compared with hospital controls (RR = 4.28, 95%CI: 1.19–15.4). No significant links were found with blood type, daily drug use, head hair, skin color, body type, smoking habits, religion, body weight, and mental characteristics.

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