Positive association between hypertension and urinary bladder cancer: epidemiologic evidence involving 79,236 propensity score-matched individuals

Positive association between hypertension and urinary bladder cancer: epidemiologic evidence involving 79,236 propensity score-matched individuals

Introduction: We hypothesized that hypertensive patients harbor a higher risk of urinary bladder (UB) cancer. Material and methods: We performed a population-based cohort study on adults using a National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) dataset. Hypertension and comparison non-hypertensive...

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Main Authors: Victor C. Kok, Han-Wei Zhang, Chin-Teng Lin, Shih-Chung Huang, Ming-Feng Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Upsala Medical Society 2018-04-01
Series:Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Essential hypertension
population-based cohort study
propensity analysis
urinary bladder cancer
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03009734.2018.1473534

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03009734.2018.1473534

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