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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2024

A prospective study of birth weight and prostate cancer risk and mortality in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.

Qinran Liu, Yiwen Zhang, Jane B Vaselkiv, Lorelei A Mucci, Edward L Giovannucci, Elizabeth A Platz, Siobhan Sutcliffe

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Qinran LiuDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA. liu.q@miami.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7090-8485
Yiwen ZhangDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1193-2263
Jane B VaselkivDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Lorelei A MucciDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Edward L GiovannucciDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6123-0219
Elizabeth A PlatzDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3676-8954
Siobhan SutcliffeDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery; and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4613-8107
Harvard University · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Miami · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI AIMEE S JAMES · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
WU INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCESUL1TR002345 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI William G. Powderly · 2017 to 2026
$97.8M
TRANSGENIC MODELS FOR PROSTATE CANCER AND AUTOIMMUNITYP50CA058236 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DENMEADE, SAMUEL R · 1992 to 2020
$43.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002345NCI NIH HHS P30 CA091842NCI NIH HHS P50 CA058236
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Abstract

backgroundPrevious studies have observed inconsistent associations between birth weight and aggressive prostate cancer risk. This study aimed to prospectively analyse this association in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS).

methodsBirth weight was self-reported in 1994, and prostate cancer diagnoses were assessed biennially through January 2017 and confirmed by medical record review. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression was used to evaluate the association between birth weight and prostate cancer risk and mortality.

resultsAmong 19,889 eligible men, 2520 were diagnosed with prostate cancer, including 643 with higher-grade/advanced stage, 296 with lethal, and 248 with fatal disease. Overall, no association was observed for increasing birth weight with risk of overall prostate cancer, lower-grade, and organ-confined disease. However, a borderline statistically significant positive trend was observed for increasing birth weight with risk of higher-grade and/or advanced-stage prostate cancer (adjusted hazard ratio [HR

conclusionNo consistent associations were observed between birth weight and prostate cancer risk or mortality in this 22-year prospective cohort study.

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Health PersonnelProstatic NeoplasmsBirth WeightFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRisk FactorsWeight Gain

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PMID38388857
PMCPMC11015033
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