High blood pressure raises cancer risk

(telegraph.co.uk) — A study of almost 600,000 middle-aged Europeans found that men with the highest blood pressure readings were 49 per cent more likely to die of cancer over a 12 year period, than those with the lowest.

As blood pressure rose, so did their chances of developing a range of cancers including those of the bowel, lungs, skin and kidneys.

Those men whose blood pressure was in the highest fifth of participants were almost a third (29 per cent) more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than those who blood pressure was in the bottom fifth.

High blood pressure appeared to have a smaller effect on cancer incidence among women.

Nonetheless, those with the highest blood pressures were almost a quarter (24 per cent) more likely to die of cancer than those with the lowest. High blood pressure appeared to raise the risk of liver, pancreatic, cervical, womb and skin cancer.

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