Prostate cancer risk: Data about the relation with prostate cancer risk was provided by 2 cohorts. No association was found.
Prostate cancer mortality: No data was found.
Conclusion: No evidence was found for an association between pickled vegetables and prostate cancer.
| More information: back to literature review.|
| Author | Cohort name | Subjects | Years of follow-up | Cases | End point | Consumption of | Relative Risk (RR) | Adjustments |
| 14) Allen NE (2004) | The Hiroshima/Nagasaki Life Span Study. | 18,115 men. (Japan) | mean 16.9 (1963-1996) | 196 | Prostate cancer risk | Pickled/salted vegetables (not defined) |
RR = 1.06 (0.78-1.45; P = 0.55) for the highest vs lowest tertile of consumption. Amount specific data (times/week): < 2: RR = 1. 2-4: RR = 0.70 (0.44-1.11). Almost daily: RR = 1.06 (0.78-1.45). | age, calendar period, city of residence, ratiation dose and education level |
| 6) Le Marchand L (1994) | No cohort name. | 20,316 men of various ethnicities aged ≥ 45. | 1975-80 to 1989 | 198? | Invasive prostate cancer risk | Pickled vegetables (not defined) | No significant association (no data shown). | Age, ethnicity, and income. |