Tobacco smoking, body mass index, hypertension, and kidney cancer risk in central and eastern Europe.
In a case-control study of kidney cancer in four central European countries, with 1097 incident cases and 1476 controls, we found an increased risk for self-reported hypertension and for obesity. Additional unknown risk factors are likely to be responsible for the high rates of kidney cancer in this region.
Brennan
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International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France. brennan@iarc.fr
van der Hel
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O
Moore
L E
LE
Zaridze
D
D
Matveev
V
V
Holcatova
I
I
Janout
V
V
Kollarova
H
H
Foretova
L
L
Szeszenia-Dabrowska
N
N
Mates
D
D
Rothman
N
N
Boffetta
P
P
Chow
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WH
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*