ArticleJournal of epidemiology2018
Coffee Consumption and Lung Cancer Risk: The Japan Public Health Center-Based Prospective Study.
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- Research on the association between beverages consumption and cancer.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies on coffee consumption and risk of lung cancer.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Association of coffee and tea consumption with the risk of lung cancer: a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Coffee consumption and cancer risk in African Americans from the Southern Community Cohort Study.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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- Coffee Consumption and Lung Cancer Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study in Khon Kaen Thailand.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2020Article
- Misleading Epidemiological and Statistical Evidence in the Presence of Simpson's Paradox: An Illustrative Study Using Simulated Scenarios of Observational Study Designs.Journal of medicine and lifeArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMany epidemiological studies have indicated a positive association between coffee intake and lung cancer risk, but such findings were suggested to be confounded by smoking. Furthermore, only a few of these studies have been conducted in Asia. Here, we investigated the association between coffee intake and lung cancer risk in one of the largest prospective cohort studies in Japan.
methodsWe investigated the association of coffee drinking and subsequent incidence of lung cancer among 41,727 men and 45,352 women in the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study using Cox proportional hazards regression, with adjustment for potential confounders and by strata of smoking status. Coffee and other dietary intakes were assessed once at baseline with a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ).
resultsDuring 1,481,887 person-years of follow-up between 1990 and 2011, a total of 1,668 lung cancer cases were identified. In a multivariate regression model, coffee consumption was not associated with risk of lung cancer (HR 1.16; 95% CI, 0.82-1.63; P
conclusionOur prospective study suggests that habitual consumption of coffee is not associated with an increased risk of lung cancer incidence, despite observing a significant increase in the risk for small cell carcinoma.
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