Why the study?
Does elevated systolic blood pressure predict long-term cancer mortality in middle-aged and elderly men?
Population
10,059 middle-aged and elderly men
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
15 years
Authors
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Should not yet change BP management for cancer prevention; leaves open whether systolic BP is causal or merely associated.
Does elevated systolic blood pressure predict long-term cancer mortality in middle-aged and elderly men?
Elevated systolic blood pressure is associated with an increased risk of long-term cancer mortality, particularly from adenocarcinomas of the digestive and genitourinary organs, in middle-aged and elderly men.
Goldbourt et al. (1986) studied this question.
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