Blood pressure and risk of cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

• Main Authors: Christakoudi, Sofia, Kakourou, Artemisia, Markozannes, Georgios, Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Brennan, Paul, Gunter, Marc, Dahm, Christina C., Overvad, Kim, Olsen, Anja, Tjonneland, Anne, Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine, Madika, Anne-Laure, Severi, Gianluca, Katzke, Verena, Kuehn, Tilman, Bergmann, Manuela M., Boeing, Heiner, Karakatsani, Anna, Martimianaki, Georgia, Thriskos, Paschalis, Masala, Giovanna, Sieri, Sabina, Panico, Salvatore, Tumino, Rosario, Ricceri, Fulvio, Agudo, Antonio, Redondo-Sanchez, Daniel, Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M., Mokoroa, Olatz, Melander, Ole, Stocks, Tanja, Haggstrom, Christel, Harlid, Sophia, Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas, van Gils, Carla H., Vermeulen, Roel Ch, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Wareham, Nicholas J., Tong, Tammy Y. N., Freisling, Heinz, Johansson, Mattias, Lennon, Hannah, AUne, Dagfinn, Ribolil, Elio, Trichopoulos, Dimitrios, Trichopoulou, Antonia, Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/37280/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Several studies have reported associations of hypertension with cancer, but not all results were conclusive. We examined the association of systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure with the development of incident cancer at all anatomical sites in the European Prospective Investigation into...