Antihypertensive agents and the risk of breast cancer in women aged 55 years and older

The study aimed to investigate the association of long-term use of different antihypertensive agents with incident breast cancer.A total of 794 ,533 women aged at least 55 years were identified from Taiwan National Health Insurance claims database during 2001-2011. As of 31 December 2011, incident breast cancer patients were included as cases, and 1 : 4 age-matched controls were selected by risk-set sampling scheme. Logistic regression models...