title: Tobacco smoking, body mass index, hypertension, and kidney cancer risk in central and eastern Europe.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France. brennan@iarc.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: van der Hel
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zaridze
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Matveev
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authors.lastname: Holcatova
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Janout
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kollarova
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Foretova
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Szeszenia-Dabrowska
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mates
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rothman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boffetta
authors.forename: W-H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: 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*