Obesity, hypertension, and the risk of kidney cancer in men.

By W. Chow, G. Gridley, J. Fraumeni, B. Järvholm. New England Journal of Medicine, 2000

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Subfields: Epidemiology, Nephrology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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2. Elizabeth E. Ward
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4. Rudolf Kaaks
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Citations in the corpus

• Epidemiology and risk factors for kidney cancer (2010, background): “Other risk factors, including hypertension and kidney and ureteral stones, have been suggested, but their associations with RTCC development have not been demonstrated consistently”
• Association between obesity and kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2008, neutral): “Reference Country Subjects, age (years) Study design Exposure assessment: obesity/overweight (BMI: kg m 2) BMI M/Ra Outcome Main finding: OR and 95% CI Comments Chow et al.63 USA 449 cases, 707 controls, 20–79 Case–control study Men: Q1: BMIp23.”
• The genetic basis of kidney cancer: a metabolic disease (2010, background): “If we think about the factors known to increase the incidence of kidney cancer, it is not surprising that kidney cancer is fundamentally a metabolic disease; numerous studies have shown a significant association between body mass index, obesity and the development of kidney cancer.(89) We have learn”
• Overweight, obesity and cancer: epidemiological evidence and proposed mechanisms (2004, background): “Importantly, the obesity-associated risk of renal-cell cancer seems to be independent of blood pressure, indicating that hypertension and obesity might influence renal-cell cancer through different mechanism”
• Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2001, with a special feature regarding survival (2004, background): “Kidney Cancer Reasons for the increasing incidence of kidney cancer are not clear,(106) but may reflect newer diagnostic techniques(107,108) and an increased prevalence of obesity,(109,110) which is a known risk factor for kidney cancer.(111) Despite the rising incidence, mortality rates have been s”
• The epidemiology of renal cell carcinoma. (2011, background): “Two studies measured blood pressure and observed an increased risk of RCC with elevated blood pressure in a clear dose-response relationship [13,14].”
• The Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity (2011, background): “…et al. 1999) by increasing the prevalence of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, hypertension, dyslipidemia, gout, sleep apnea, and osteoarthritis (Must et al. 1999; Chow et al. 2000; Rauscher 2000; Castro-Rodriguez et al. 2001; Field 2001; Michaud et al. 2001; Kenchaiah et al. 2002).”