Salt and salted food intake and subsequent risk of gastric cancer among middle-aged Japanese men and women
Evidence on the association between salt intake and gastric cancer is sparse, especially in prospective studies. We conducted a population-based prospective study in Japan, where the majority of men has been infected with Helicobacter pylori . A total of 18 684 men and 20 381 women aged 40–59 years...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | British journal of cancer 2004-01, Vol.90 (1), p.128-134 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Evidence on the association between salt intake and gastric cancer is sparse, especially in prospective studies. We conducted a population-based prospective study in Japan, where the majority of men has been infected with
Helicobacter pylori
. A total of 18 684 men and 20 381 women aged 40–59 years who reported their dietary habits and did not report any serious disease at baseline were followed from 1990 to 2001. A total of 486 cases, 358 men and 128 women, with histologically confirmed gastric cancer were documented among them. The quintile category of salt intake was dose-dependently associated with gastric cancer risk in men after adjusting for potential confounding factors (
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| ISSN: | 0007-0920 1532-1827 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601511 |