Blood pressure, body size, and prostate cancer risk

Researchers agree that data from prospective studies on blood pressure and prostate cancer risk are limited, and results are inconclusive.

A recent study at Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden evaluated measurements of height, weight, and blood pressure were available in 336,159 men in the Swedish Construction Workers cohort.

Researchers  have reported that is possible a link between high blood pressure (hypertension) and subsequent decreased risk for incident (i.e., localized, non-aggressive) prostate cancer. However, they also state that they have no clinical or scientific explanation for this possible association. Hypertension did not appear to predict a decreased risk for aggressive forms of prostate cancer in this analysis. This study also provided support for an association between a high body mass index (BMI) and risk for fatal prostate cancer.