Coffee and tea consumption and risk of prostate cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Among 142,196 men, 7,036 cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed over 14 years of follow-up.

• Median coffee intake was 375 mL/day, while median tea intake was 106 mL/day, with significant country-to-country variation.
• Comparing high consumers of coffee (855 mL/day) to low consumers (103 mL/day), the hazard ratio for total prostate cancer was 1.02 (95% CI, 0.94-1.09).
• For tea, the hazard ratio for total prostate cancer comparing high (450 mL/day) to low consumers (12 mL/day) was 0.98 (95% CI, 0.90-1.07).
• No evidence of association was found between coffee or tea consumption and the risk of total prostate cancer, its stage, grade, or fatality.
• Further investigations may be necessary to explore potential associations related to different preparations or specific constituents of coffee and tea.

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