“…Dietary patterns take into account that foods and nutrients are consumed as meals and snacks rather than as single items and nutrients in isolation [ 9 ]. A number of studies have been published on the association between dietary patterns derived from data-driven or a posteriori methods [ 11 ] and risk of PCa [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ]. Some have found that dietary patterns characterized by consumption of meat or a Western pattern were associated with an increased risk of PCa [ 12 , 18 , 20 , 23 , 25 ], while others observed that a Healthy pattern or a Mediterranean diet reduced its risk [ 14 , 15 , 18 , 22 ].…”