Voedingsadvies El MondoResearch Question:
Eating fried products increases the chance of getting prostate cancer?
Study Design:
This overview article contain 4 case-control studies with a total of 2572 prostate cancer patients and 2277 matched controls.
Results and conclusions:
The researchers found that eating a lot of fried products, the chance of getting prostate cancer significantly with 35% [RR = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.17-1.57] increased.
The researchers concluded that eating a lot of fried products, the chance of getting prostate cancer may be increased. Possible because the overview article not only case-control studies and cohort studies.
Original title:
Fried food and prostate cancer risk: systematic review and meta-analysis by Lippi Mattiuzzi G and C.
Link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26114920
Additional information about El Mondo:
Read here more studies on prostate cancer.
The results found in case-control studies are less reliable than cohort studies because in case-control studies are more sensitive to errors than cohort studies. In other words, the (lowering or increasing) effect found in case-control studies should always be confirmed in cohort studies before a comment can be made.