Table 4 Odds ratios, OR (and 95 % CI) of prostate cancer by major contributors to TAC: coffee, tea, berries, chocolate, boiled potatoes, multivitamins and vitamin C supplements, Cancer of the Prostate Sweden

<2 cups/day

2–3cups/day

4–5cups/day

≥6 cups/day

p-trend

150/121

644/491

413/295

143/107

0.88(0.61–1.26)

0.93(0.69–1.26)

1.03(0.75–1.42)

0.95(0.64–1.40)

0.87

32/175

103/491

68/295

15/107

0.58(0.31–1.07)

0.73(0.45–1.18)

0.87(0.52–1.44)

0.56(0.29–1.08)

0.51

47/121

207/491

151/295

53/107

0.90(0.54–1.52)

0.92(0.60–1.41)

1.09(0.70–1.72)

1.00(0.58–1.71)

0.65

103/121

452/491

273/295

94/107

0.86(0.57–1.28)

0.98(0.70–1.36)

1.04(0.72–1.48)

0.93(0.60–1.44)

0.86

22/121

98/491

62/295

19/107

0.53(0.28–1.01)

0.55(0.33–0.92)

0.59(0.24–1.01)

0.45(0.22–0.90)

0.05

79/121

313/491

177/295

69/107

1.22(0.77–1.94)

1.22(0.82–1.80)

1.21(0.79–1.84)

1.24(0.76–2.05)

0.60

<1cup/day

1–2 cups/day

>2 cups/day

370/262

439/310

75/56

1.12(0.91–1.37)

1.09(0.89–1.34)

0.97(0.65–1.44)

0.98

73/262

83/310

9/56

0.95(0.66–1.36)

0.90(0.64–1.26)

0.60(0.28–1.30)

0.16

131/262

121/310

17/56

1.06(0.81–1.40)

0.86(0.64–1.15)

0.67(0.37–1.23)

0.12

251/262

318/310

61/56

1.15(0.92–1.45)

1.20(0.96–1.50)

1.12(0.74–1.70)

0.38

65/262

63/310

9/18

1.27(0.88–1.83)

0.92(0.63–1.36)

0.64(0.29(1.40)

0.17

166/262

221/310

41/56

1.12(0.86–1.45)

1.25(0.97–1.62)

1.12(0.70–1.81)

0.33

1–3 /month

>1–3/month

739/482

474/399

1.16(0.93–1.44)

0.90(0.70–1.44)

0.08

129/482

610/399

0.95(0.67–1.37)

0.87(0.59–1.27)

0.47

236/482

164/399

1.15(0.85–1.55)

0.90(0.65–1.25)

0.15

513/482

321/399

1.16(0.91–1.49)

0.89(0.68–1.16)

0.11

104/482

89/399

1.19(0.78–1.83)

1.10(0.70–1.72)

0.91

370/482

190/399

1.17(0.89–1.53)

0.75(0.56–1.02)

<0.01

1–3/month

>1–3/month

645/457

612/397

1.38(1.09–1.73)

1.43(1.12–1.82)

0.03

119/457

129/397

1.26(0.86–1.85)

1.47(0.99–2.20)

0.09

194/457

212/397

1.19(0.86–1.63)

1.40(1.01–1.96)

0.06

463/457

411/397

1.46(1.13–1.89)

1.43(1.08–1.88)

0.11

88/457

101/397

1.04(0.67–1.60)

1.20(0.77–1.88)

0.33

310/457

281/397

1.38(1.03–1.85)

1.41(1.03–1.93)

0.09

4–6×/w

≥1×/day

668/545

555/372

0.92(0.73–1.16)

1.12(0.87–1.42)

0.21

151/545

114/372

1.27(0.85–1.90)

1.31(0.86–2.01)

0.26

219/545

194/372

0.88(0.64–1.20)

1.07(0.77–1.49)

0.45

464/545

375/372

1.00(0.79–1.29)

1.20(0.92–1.57)

0.13

107/545

91/372

1.18(0.75–1.84)

1.33(0.83–2.12)

0.21

107/545

91/372

0.90(0.68–1.19)

1.07(0.79–1.45)

0.45

<7/week

≥7/week

69/32

254/150

1.48(0.95–2.30)

1.27(1.01–1.60)

0.07

12/32

37/150

1.65(0.84–3.24)

1.37(0.95–1.99)

0.18

24/32

84/150

1.69(0.97–2.97)

1.29(0.95–1.75)

0.08

46/32

171/150

1.34(0.83–2.17)

1.21(0.94–1.55)

0.18

14/32

52/150

2.20(1.11–4.33)

1.93(1.32–2.81)

0.03

25/32

116/150

1.08(0.62–1.89)

1.25(0.85–1.85)

0.75

<7/week

≥7/week

106/62

112/66

1.20(0.86–1.68)

1.22(0.88–1.70)

0.14

19/62

13/66

1.27(0.75–2.16)

0.86(0.47–1.55)

0.19

36/62

40/66

1.32(0.85–2.06)

1.47(0.96–2.25)

0.14

78/62

76/66

1.25(0.87–1.79)

1.15(0.80–1.65)

0.20

21/62

15/66

1.48(0.86–2,55)

0.93(0.50–1.71)

0.80

43/62

57/66

0.99(0.65–1.51)

1.25(0.85–1.85)

0.18