Hypertension and Obesity and the Risk of Kidney Cancer in 2 Large Cohorts of US Men and Women

Kidney cancer incidence is increasing globally. Reasons for this rise are unclear but could relate to obesity and hypertension. We analyzed longitudinal relationships between hypertension and obesity and kidney cancer incidence in 156 774 participants of the Women's Health Initiative clinical t...

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Published in:	Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Tex. 1979), 2014-05, Vol.63 (5), p.934-941
Main Authors:	SANFILIPPO, Kristen M, MCTIGUE, Kathleen M, FIDLER, Christian J, NEATON, James D, YUEFANG CHANG, FRIED, Linda F, SIMIN LIU, KULLER, Lewis H
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adult Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension Biological and medical sciences Blood and lymphatic vessels Blood Pressure - physiology Body Mass Index Cardiology. Vascular system Cohort Studies Comorbidity Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Hypertension - complications Hypertension - epidemiology Hypertension - physiopathology Incidence Kidney Neoplasms - epidemiology Kidney Neoplasms - mortality Kidneys Longitudinal Studies Male Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Middle Aged Multiple tumors. Solid tumors. Tumors in childhood (general aspects) Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases Obesity Obesity - complications Obesity - epidemiology Obesity - physiopathology Predictive Value of Tests Proportional Hazards Models Risk Factors Survival Rate Tumors Tumors of the urinary system United States
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