ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2022
Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Relation to Gastric Cancer in Afghanistan.
Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Association between priori and posteriori dietary patterns and gastric cancer risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2025Pooled it
- South Asia-specific adaptation of Mediterranean diet principles: a mixed-methods review for practical and sustainable dietary habits.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Risk of Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and risk of gastric cancer: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with reduced risk of head and neck, gastric, and liver cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Review of dietary patterns and gastric cancer risk: epidemiology and biological evidence.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
- Association of Mediterranean Diet Adherence with Disease Progression Characteristics, Lifestyle Factors and Overall Survival in Gastric Cancer Patients.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Observational
- The Impact of Modern Dietary Practices on Cancer Risk and Progression: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- Diet-driven microbiome changes and physical activity in cancer patients.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
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Abstract
Background: Despite the adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern (MD) being associated with a reduced risk of several cancers, there is no report about the highly prevalent diet-disease associations in Afghanistan, particularly about gastric cancer (GC). Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between MD and GC in Afghanistan. Methods: This hospital-based case-control study was carried out on a total number of 270 subjects (90 cases and 180 controls) aged between 20 and 75 years. Using the convenience-sampling method, cases and controls were selected. Cases were patients with GC whose condition was pathologically confirmed. The controls were apparently healthy people who were matched with cases in terms of age (±5 years) and sex. Assessment of dietary intake was done using a pre-tested food frequency questionnaire, designed specifically for Afghanistan. Adherence to the MD pattern was done based on the scores suggested in earlier studies. Results: Out of 270 studied subjects, 73% were men. We found that subjects in the highest tertile of MD score had 52% decreased odds of GC (OR: 0.48; 95% CI: 0.24-0.98, Conclusion: We found that greater adherence to MD might be associated with a lower odds of GC.
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