Tobacco smoking, body mass index, hypertension, and kidney cancer risk in central and eastern Europe

P Brennan; O van der Hel; L E Moore; D Zaridze; V Matveev; I Holcatova; V Janout; H Kollarova; L Foretova; N Szeszenia-Dabrowska; D Mates; N Rothman; P Boffetta; W-H Chow

doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604761

Tobacco smoking, body mass index, hypertension, and kidney cancer risk in central and eastern Europe

Br J Cancer. 2008 Dec 2;99(11):1912-5. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604761. Epub 2008 Oct 28.

Authors

P Brennan¹, O van der Hel, L E Moore, D Zaridze, V Matveev, I Holcatova, V Janout, H Kollarova, L Foretova, N Szeszenia-Dabrowska, D Mates, N Rothman, P Boffetta, W-H Chow

Affiliation

¹ International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France. brennan@iarc.fr

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.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Body Mass Index*
Case-Control Studies
Europe
Female
Humans
Hypertension / complications*
Kidney Neoplasms / etiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity / complications*
Risk Factors
Smoking / adverse effects*

Grants and funding

Intramural NIH HHS/United States