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Does hypertension increase mortality risk from lung cancer? A prospective cohort study on smoking, hypertension and lung cancer risk among Korean men

Authors
 Soon Young Lee  ;  Miyong T. Kim  ;  Sun Ha Jee  ;  Jeong Soo Im 
Citation
 JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, Vol.20(4) : 617-622, 2002 
Journal Title
JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION
ISSN
 0263-6352 
Issue Date
2002
MeSH
Adult ; Blood Pressure ; CohortStudies ; Humans ; Hypertension/complications* ; Hypertension/physiopathology ; Korea/epidemiology ; LungNeoplasms/etiology* ; LungNeoplasms/mortality* ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Proportional Hazards Models ; ProspectiveStudies ; RiskFactors ; Smoking/adverse effects
Keywords
lung cancer ; hypertension ; smoking ; interaction
Abstract
Objective : To examine the effects of hypertension on lung cancer prospectively and to determine the interactive effect of hypertension and smoking on lung cancer risk.



Design : A prospective cohort study.



Participants : The cohort comprised 452 645 Korean men, aged 35–64 years, who received health insurance from the Korea Medical Insurance Corporation and who had biennial medical evaluations in 1992 and 1994.



Methods : Multivariate Cox proportional hazard models were tested, controlling for age, smoking status, exercise, body mass index, alcohol use, diabetes and serum cholesterol concentration.



Main outcome measure : Deaths from lung cancer.



Results : At baseline, 261 080 persons (58.3%) were identified as current cigarette smokers. Between 1995 and 1999, 883 deaths from lung cancer (44.8/100 000 person-years) occurred. An initial finding indicated that hypertension increased the mortality risk of lung cancer [risk ratio (RR) 1.3, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.1–1.5]. However, after stratification for smoking status, the risk ratio was increased only for current smokers (RR 1.4, 95% CI 1.2–1.6). When the interaction term was included in the multivariate model, there was a significant interactive effect of hypertension with current smoking (RR 1.8, 95% CI 1.0–3.1) on the risk of death from lung cancer, whereas the effect of hypertension itself did not attain significance.



Conclusion : Hypertension was not an independent risk factor in lung cancer-related deaths, but it increased the modest risk of lung cancer death among current smokers.
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4. Graduate School of Public Health (보건대학원) > Graduate School of Public Health (보건대학원) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Jee, Sun Ha(지선하) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9519-3068
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/144315
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