Utilization of Prostate Cancer Screening According to Dietary Patterns and Other Demographic Variables. The Adventist Health Study-2

Ibrayev, Yermek; Oda, Keiji; Fraser, Gary E; Knutsen, Synnove F

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Utilization of Prostate Cancer Screening According to Dietary Patterns and Other Demographic Variables. The Adventist Health Study-2

Yermek Ibrayev, Keiji Oda, Gary E Fraser, Synnove F Knutsen^✉

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Population Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.

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Ibrayev Y, Oda K, Fraser GE, Knutsen SF. Utilization of Prostate Cancer Screening According to Dietary Patterns and Other Demographic Variables. The Adventist Health Study-2. J Cancer 2013; 4(5):416-426. doi:10.7150/jca.6442. https://www.jcancer.org/v04p0416.htm

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Background: Prostate-specific antigen test and digital rectal examination are considered important screening methods for early detection of prostate cancer. However, the utilization of prostate cancer screening varies widely and there is limited knowledge of the predictors of utilization.

Methods: Self-reported prostate cancer screening utilization within the last 2 years was investigated among 11,162 black and non-black North American Seventh-day Adventist men, aged 50-75 years, with different dietary patterns and lifestyle characteristics.

Results: Blacks were more likely to screen for prostate cancer than non-blacks (Odds Ratio (OR)=1.38 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.20-1.57).

Those with a vegetarian diet, especially vegans, were less likely to follow screening guidelines, particularly among non-Blacks: vegans (OR=0.47, 0.39-0.58), lacto-ovo-vegetarians (OR=0.75, 0.66-0.86), and pesco-vegetarians (OR=0.74, 0.60-0.91) compared to non-vegetarians after adjusting for age, BMI, marital status, education, income, and family history of cancer. Trends for dietary patterns remained unchanged after stratification on age, family history of cancer, education, personal income, marital status, and BMI.

Among black men, diet patterns showed no significant associations with utilization of prostate cancer screening, although vegans tended to underutilize screening compared to non-vegetarians (OR=0.70, 0.44-1.10).

Conclusions: Vegetarians, especially non-black vegans, are less likely to follow recommended prostate cancer screening guidelines. The effect of diet was attenuated, and not statistically significant, among black men.

Impact: Since only about 60% of US men follow prostate cancer screening guidelines, it is important to study reasons for non-compliance in order to increase utilization of preventive measures against prostate cancer.

Keywords: PSA, digital rectal exam, prostate cancer screening, lifestyle predictors, dietary pattern, vegetarian, vegan, black men.

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Ibrayev, Y., Oda, K., Fraser, G.E., Knutsen, S.F. (2013). Utilization of Prostate Cancer Screening According to Dietary Patterns and Other Demographic Variables. The Adventist Health Study-2. Journal of Cancer, 4(5), 416-426. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.6442.

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Ibrayev, Y.; Oda, K.; Fraser, G.E.; Knutsen, S.F. Utilization of Prostate Cancer Screening According to Dietary Patterns and Other Demographic Variables. The Adventist Health Study-2. J. Cancer 2013, 4 (5), 416-426. DOI: 10.7150/jca.6442.

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Ibrayev Y, Oda K, Fraser GE, Knutsen SF. 2013. Utilization of Prostate Cancer Screening According to Dietary Patterns and Other Demographic Variables. The Adventist Health Study-2. J Cancer. 4(5):416-426.

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