October 1, 1984American Journal of Epidemiology
Systolic Blood Pressure and Cancer Mortality in an Elderly Population
Why the study?
Is systolic blood pressure associated with cancer mortality in an elderly population?
Population
2,852 men and women aged 60-79 years from a southern California community
Comparison
Higher systolic blood pressure vs Lower systolic blood pressure
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
9 years
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Should not change hypertension management for cancer prevention; hypothesis-generating for SBP-cancer mortality link in elderly men.
Structured PICO
Is systolic blood pressure associated with cancer mortality in an elderly population?
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Population
2,852 men and women aged 60-79 years from a southern California community
I
Intervention
Higher systolic blood pressure
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Comparator
Lower systolic blood pressure
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Outcome
Cancer mortalityhard clinical
Higher systolic blood pressure is an independent predictor of cancer mortality in elderly men.
Cite This Study
Khaw et al. (1984) studied this question.