SynthesisFrontiers in nutrition2023
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and risk of gastric cancer: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Healthy dietary patterns, typical healthy foods and risk of endometrial cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Fish consumption and gastric cancer within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Dietary total antioxidant capacity and risk of prediabetes and diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of 170,919 participants.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled 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
- Using Caprylic Acid for the Prevention and Treatment ofMetabolites · 2025Review
- The protective effect of dietary folate intake on gastric cancer is modified by alcohol consumption: A pooled analysis of the StoP Consortium.International journal of cancer · 2024Article
- Analysis of Patient Outcomes following Curative R0 Multiorgan Resections for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Background: Despite growing evidence for the association of adherence to the Mediterranean diet with gastric cancer risk, the results remain inconclusive. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to summarize the evidence from previous observational studies and assess the potential association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and risk of gastric cancer using a dose-response meta-analysis. Methods: A comprehensive literature search for all observational studies published up to June 30, 2023 was conducted using the databases of PubMed, ISI Web of Science, EBSCO, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Wanfang Data. The pooled relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for the highest versus the lowest categories of Mediterranean diet score in relation to gastric cancer risk, using random-effects models. The Cochran's Results: Overall, 11 studies (five cohort and six case-control studies) with a total number of 1,366,318 participants were included in the final analysis. Combining 14 effect sizes from 11 studies revealed that compared with the lowest category, the highest adherence to the Mediterranean diet was associated with a 29% reduction in the risk of gastric cancer (RR:0.71; 95%CI:0.59-0.84, Conclusion: Our results demonstrate that high adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with 29% reduced risk of gastric cancer. Further large prospective studies and randomized controlled trials are warranted to confirm our findings.
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