SynthesisCancer causes & control : CCC2022
Salt intake and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Body mass index and gastric cancer risk: results from the Stomach Cancer Pooling Project Consortium.International journal of epidemiology · 2025Pooled it
- Fish consumption and gastric cancer within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Reproductive factors, hormonal interventions, and gastric cancer risk in the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2024Pooled it
- Dietary Effects of Introducing Salt-Reduced Bread with and without Dietary Counselling-A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- Cancer mortality predictions for 2026 in selected Asian countries and Australia with focus on prostate cancer.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2026Article
- Airborne Particulate Matter as an Emerging Driver of Gastric Carcinogenesis: Molecular Pathways Linking Inflammation and Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Forecasting Stomach Cancer Burden from High Sodium Intake in Japan, 2022-2050: Scenario Analysis of Demographic Disparities.Nutrients · 2026Article
- The descriptive epidemiology of gastric cancer in Afghanistan: a population-based cancer registry, 2018-2020.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2026Article
- Dietary Factors Associated With the Progression of Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study in a Western Population.Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Excessive Sodium Intake in Commercial Diet Catering Meal Plans in Poland: Implications for Diet Quality and Chronic Disease Risk.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Taste Preferences Shape Disease Susceptibility via Heritable Nutrient Predispositions: A Behavior-Gene Coevolution Framework.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2026Article
- European Code Against Cancer, 5th edition - diet, excess body weight, physical activity, sedentary behavior, breastfeeding, and cancer.Molecular oncology · 2026Review
- Dietary vitamin D and gastric cancer risk within the stomach cancer pooling (stop) project.European journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Trends in Stomach Cancer Burden in China: A Joinpoint and APC Analysis Based on GBD 2021.Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025Article
- New Dietary Trends-Meal Kit Delivery Services as a Source of Nutrients: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Environmental factors in gastric carcinogenesis and preventive intervention strategies.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2025Review
- Oxidative Stress and Redox Signaling in Gastric Cancer: From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Implications.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Epidemiology and socioeconomic correlates of gastric cancer in Asia: results from the GLOBOCAN 2020 data and projections from 2020 to 2040.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Association of dietary intake with cancer of the digestive system: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposePrevious studies show that consuming foods preserved by salting increases the risk of gastric cancer, while results on the association between total salt or added salt and gastric cancer are less consistent and vary with the exposure considered. This study aimed to quantify the association between dietary salt exposure and gastric cancer, using an individual participant data meta-analysis of studies participating in the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project.
methodsData from 25 studies (10,283 cases and 24,643 controls) from the StoP Project with information on salt taste preference (tasteless, normal, salty), use of table salt (never, sometimes, always), total sodium intake (tertiles of grams/day), and high-salt and salt-preserved foods intake (tertiles of grams/day) were used. A two-stage approach based on random-effects models was used to pool study-specific adjusted (sex, age, and gastric cancer risk factors) odds ratios (aORs), and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).
resultsGastric cancer risk was higher for salty taste preference (aOR 1.59, 95% CI 1.25-2.03), always using table salt (aOR 1.33, 95% CI 1.16-1.54), and for the highest tertile of high-salt and salt-preserved foods intake (aOR 1.24, 95% CI 1.01-1.51) vs. the lowest tertile. No significant association was observed for the highest vs. the lowest tertile of total sodium intake (aOR 1.08, 95% CI 0.82-1.43). The results obtained were consistent across anatomic sites, strata of Helicobacter pylori infection, and sociodemographic, lifestyle and study characteristics.
conclusionSalty taste preference, always using table salt, and a greater high-salt and salt-preserved foods intake increased the risk of gastric cancer, though the association was less robust with total sodium intake.
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