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Volume 344:531-532 February 15, 2001 Number 7
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Obesity, Hypertension, and Renal Cancer

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To the Editor: We disagree with Dr. Chow and colleagues, who stated in their recent article (Nov. 2 issue)1 that "epidemiologic studies have not been able to distinguish the effects of hypertension from those of diuretics or other antihypertensive drugs on the risk of renal-cell cancer. . . . In addition, although our results provide strong evidence of a dose–response relation with body-mass index and blood pressure in men, they may not apply to the same extent in women."

Three years ago, we reported the findings of a large, population-based, case–control study designed specifically to examine the association of renal-cell . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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