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Long-Term Use of Antihypertensive Agents and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Case–Control Study

Long-Term Use of Antihypertensive Agents and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Population-Based... Cardiol Ther (2015) 4:65–76 DOI 10.1007/s40119-015-0035-1 ORIGINAL RESEARCH Long-Term Use of Antihypertensive Agents and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Case–Control Study • • Henry W. C. Leung Li-Ling Hung Agnes L. F. Chan Chih-Hsin Mou To view enhanced content go to www.cardiologytherapy-open.com Received: December 22, 2014 / Published online: February 6, 2015 The Author(s) 2015. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com types of antihypertensive drugs, statins and co- ABSTRACT morbidities. Introduction: To evaluate the risk of breast Results: Among the AHs used to treat the cancer associated with long-term use of hypertensive women enrolled in our study, antihypertensive agents (AHs) in Taiwanese our analysis revealed that those treated with women with hypertension. one specific particular class of beta-blockers Methods: A search of the Taiwan National (beta-1 selective beta-blockers) had an Health Insurance Research Database identified increased risk for breast cancer. We also found 330,699 patients with hypertension who were that the ever-use of calcium channel blockers treated with antihypertensive drugs between (CCBs; i.e. for 13 years) was associated with January 1, 1998 and December 31, 2011. breast cancer in an adjusted model (OR 1.09; Logistic regression models were used to 95% CI 1.03–1.16). However, the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cardiology and Therapy Springer Journals

Long-Term Use of Antihypertensive Agents and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Case–Control Study

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2015 by The Author(s)
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Internal Medicine; Cardiology
ISSN
2193-8261
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2193-6544
DOI
10.1007/s40119-015-0035-1
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25657096
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Cardiol Ther (2015) 4:65–76 DOI 10.1007/s40119-015-0035-1 ORIGINAL RESEARCH Long-Term Use of Antihypertensive Agents and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Case–Control Study • • Henry W. C. Leung Li-Ling Hung Agnes L. F. Chan Chih-Hsin Mou To view enhanced content go to www.cardiologytherapy-open.com Received: December 22, 2014 / Published online: February 6, 2015 The Author(s) 2015. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com types of antihypertensive drugs, statins and co- ABSTRACT morbidities. Introduction: To evaluate the risk of breast Results: Among the AHs used to treat the cancer associated with long-term use of hypertensive women enrolled in our study, antihypertensive agents (AHs) in Taiwanese our analysis revealed that those treated with women with hypertension. one specific particular class of beta-blockers Methods: A search of the Taiwan National (beta-1 selective beta-blockers) had an Health Insurance Research Database identified increased risk for breast cancer. We also found 330,699 patients with hypertension who were that the ever-use of calcium channel blockers treated with antihypertensive drugs between (CCBs; i.e. for 13 years) was associated with January 1, 1998 and December 31, 2011. breast cancer in an adjusted model (OR 1.09; Logistic regression models were used to 95% CI 1.03–1.16). However, the

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Cardiology and TherapySpringer Journals

Published: Feb 6, 2015

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