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Flow-chart of cohort selection.

Flow-chart of cohort selection.

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FIGURE 1 Flow-chart of cohort selection.
Baseline characteristics of the cohort members
Long-term exposure to antihypertensive drugs and the risk of cancer occurrence: evidence from a large population-based study
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  • Aug 2024
Objective Available data on the association between antihypertensive drugs and cancer are characterized by a few years follow-up. Our aim has been to evaluate the association between long-term exposure to antihypertensive drugs and the risk of cancer occurrence. Methods Using the healthcare utilization databases of the Lombardy region (Italy), ind...
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... 2 550 941 users of antihypertensive drugs were identified between the period 2009 and 2011. Of these, 490 967 were new users. After applying the exclusion criteria, 338 910 individuals were included in the study cohort. A flowchart of cohort selection is shown in Fig. ...
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... in patients treated with CCBs, there was a trend toward a modest progressive increase in cancer risk, especially for exposure durations longer than 4 years. Similar results were observed in males and females ( Figures S1 and S2, Supplemental Digital Content, http://links.lww.com/HJH/C544). ...