Blood pressure and heart rate: no evidence for a positive association with prostate cancer.
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to determine whether blood pressure and heart rate are correlated with the development of prostate cancer.


METHODS
A total of 58,704 men whose blood pressure, heart rate, and other characteristics were measured at multiphasic checkups were followed for < or = 30 years. The incidence of, and mortality from, prostate cancer were measured. There were 2297 cases and 464 deaths.


RESULTS
No evidence of a positive association of blood pressure or heart rate with subsequent prostate cancer was found.


CONCLUSIONS
Data from this large population lend no support for concerns that higher levels of blood pressure or heart rate are linked to increased risk of prostate cancer.
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Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region, Oakland, USA.
D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D044469:Racial Groups; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015996:Survival Rate