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Long‐term antihypertensive drug use and risk of cancer: The Japan Public Health Center‐based prospective study
Author(s) -
Matsui Satoshi,
Sobue Tomotaka,
Zha Ling,
Kitamura Tetsuhisa,
Sawada Norie,
Iwasaki Motoki,
Shimazu Taichi,
Tsugane Shoichiro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cancer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.035
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1349-7006
pISSN - 1347-9032
DOI - 10.1111/cas.14870
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , prospective cohort study , antihypertensive drug , colorectal cancer , confidence interval , cancer , proportional hazards model , cohort , incidence (geometry) , cohort study , blood pressure , physics , optics
Antihypertensive drugs have been reported as both promotors and suppressors of cancers and this relationship has been known for several decades. We examined a large‐scale prospective cohort study in Japan to assess the relationship between long‐term antihypertensive drug use, for 10 y, and carcinogenesis. We divided participants into 4 categories according to the period of antihypertensive drug use, and calculated the hazard ratios (HRs), 95% confidence intervals (CIs), and P trends using the Cox proportional hazard model. In all cancers, there was a significant difference in the medication period and the adjusted HR, as well as a significant difference in the P trend. Furthermore, more than 10 y use of antihypertensive drugs significantly increased the adjusted HR in colorectal cancer (multivariable HR: 1.18, 95% CI: 1.01‐1.37 in the >10 y use group; P for trend = .033) and renal cancer (multivariable HR: 3.76, 95% CI: 2.32‐6.10 in the 5‐10 y use group; multivariable HR: 2.14, 95% CI: 1.29‐3.56 in the >10 y use group; P for trend < .001). The highest adjusted HR in renal cancer among antihypertensive drug users was observed in the analysis performed on patients in which the outcomes were calculated from 3 y after the 10‐y follow‐up survey and by sex. A large‐scale cohort study in Japan suggested that long‐term use of antihypertensive drugs may be associated with an increased incidence of colorectal and renal cancer.

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