SynthesisBMC cancer2015
Coffee consumption and the risk of gastric cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.
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- Potato Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in a Harmonized Analysis of Seven Prospective Cohorts.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Risk factors for gastric cancer: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Egg consumption, overall diet quality, and risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease: A pooling project of US prospective cohorts.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2021Pooled it
- Coffee Consumption and Cancer Risk: An Assessment of the Health Implications Based on Recent Knowledge.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2021Pooled it
- Diabetes mellitus and the risk of gastric cancer: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.Oncotarget · 2017Pooled it
- Coffee consumption, cancer, and healthy aging: epidemiological evidence and underlying mechanisms.GeroScience · 2025Review
- Environmental factors inducing gastric cancer: insights into risk and prevention strategies.Discover oncology · 2025Review
- Potato Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Harmonized Analysis of 7 Prospective Cohorts.The Journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Diabetes Mellitus and Gastric Cancer: Correlation and Potential Mechanisms.Journal of diabetes research · 2023Review
- Dietary Salt Intake and Gastric Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
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- Coffee Consumption and Its Inverse Relationship with Gastric Cancer: An Ecological Study.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Association between alcohol consumption and the risk of gastric cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.Oncotarget · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundSeveral observational studies suggest that coffee consumption may be associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer, but the results are inconsistent. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the relationship of coffee consumption with gastric cancer risk and quantify the dose-response relationship between them.
methodsRelevant prospective studies were identified by a search of PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science to May 2015 and by reviewing the references of retrieved articles. Two independent reviewers extracted data and performed the quality assessment. A random-effects model was used to calculate the pooled risk estimates and 95 % confidence intervals (CI). The heterogeneity was assessed using the I (2) statistic. Publication bias was assessed by using funnel plot, the Begg test and the Egger test.
resultsThirteen prospective cohort studies with 20 independent reports involving 3,368 patients with gastric cancer and 1,372,811 participants during a follow-up period ranging from 4.3-8 years were included. Compared with the lowest consumption level of coffee, the pooled relative risk (RR) was 1.13 (95 % CI: 0.94-1.35). The dose-response analysis indicated that, the RR of gastric cancer was 1.03 (95 % CI; 0.95-1.11) for per 3 cups/day of coffee consumption. Any nonlinear association of gastric cancer risk with coffee consumption was not found (P for nonlinearity = 0.68). Subgroup analyses indicated that the pooled RR for participants from the United States comparing the highest with the lowest coffee consumption was 1.36 (95 % CI, 1.06-1.75, I (2) = 0 %). In addition, people with higher coffee consumption was associated with 25 % higher risk of gastric cancer in equal to or less than 10 years follow-up group (RR = 1.25; 95 % CI, 1.01-1.55, I (2) = 0 %). Visual inspection of a funnel plot and the Begg's and the Egger's tests did not indicate evidence of publication bias.
conclusionsThis meta-analysis does not support the hypothesis that coffee consumption is associated with the risk of gastric cancer. The increased risk of gastric cancer for participants from the United States and equal to or less than 10 years follow-up group associated with coffee consumption warrant further studies.
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