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ArticleCancer causes & control : CCC2025

Racial/ethnic differences in risk factors for non-cardia gastric cancer: an analysis of the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) Study.

Alexandra Adams, Atish Gandhi, Patricia Friedmann, Srawani Sarkar, Brijesh Rana, Meira Epplein, Lynne Wilkens, Brian Z Huang, Haejin In

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Alexandra AdamsDivision of Surgical Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Atish GandhiDivision of Surgical Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Patricia FriedmannAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Srawani SarkarAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Brijesh RanaDivision of Surgical Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Meira EppleinDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Lynne WilkensUniversity of Hawai'i Cancer Center, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, USA.
Brian Z HuangDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, USA.
Haejin InDivision of Surgical Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. hi80@cinj.rutgers.edu.

Funding

CTSA Administrative Supplement for Informatics Core: A novel AI/ML system to predict respiratory failure and ARDS in Covid-19 patientsUL1TR002556 · NCATS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI KELLER, MARLA J, KIM, MIMI Y · 2018 to 2022
$26.7M
Delineating the underlying reasons for the racial disparity in gastric cancer incidence in the United StatesR01CA267842 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MEIRA EPPLEIN · 2022 to 2026
$3.3M
NCATS NIH HHS 5UL1TR002556-05NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002556NCI NIH HHS R01 CA267842Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Health Care Disparities Research Award
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Abstract

purposeGastric cancer (GC) incidence rates show notable differences by racial/ethnic groups in the US. We sought to determine whether stratification by race/ethnicity would reveal unique risk factors for development of non-cardia gastric cancer (NCGC) for US population.

methodsAnalysis included 1,112 incident cases of NCGC and 190,883 controls from the Multiethnic Cohort Study, a prospective US cohort study that recruited individuals living in Hawaii and California, aged 45-75 years from 5 races/ethnicities. Descriptive analysis and Cox regression models examined the association of risk factors for GC and calculate hazard ratios for each race/ethnicity, adjusting for sociodemographic and dietary variables.

resultsIncreasing age and male sex were risk factors for NCGC for most race/ethnicities. Higher risk was associated with: GC family history for Latino and Japanese American individuals [HRs range from 1.75 to 1.98]; foreign-born for Japanese American individuals [HR: 1.52, 95% CI 1.11-2.09]; lower education for African American, Japanese American, and Native Hawaiian individuals [HRs range from 1.30 to 1.74]; daily alcohol consumption for African American individuals[HR: 1.56, 95% CI 1.04-2.35]; current smoking for Latino and Japanese American individuals [HRs range from 1.89 to 1.94]; sodium consumption in the highest quartile for White individuals [HR: 2.55, 95% CI 1.23-5.26] compared to the lowest quartile; fruit consumption in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th highest quartile for Native Hawaiian individuals [HRs range from 2.19 to 2.60] compared to the lowest quartile; diabetes for African American individuals [HR: 1.79, 95% CI 1.21-2.64]; and gastric/duodenal ulcers for Native Hawaiian individuals [HR: 1.82, 95% CI 1.04-3.18].

conclusionAnalyses by racial/ethnic group revealed differing risk factors for NCGC. Increased knowledge of the varying pathways to GC can support personalized GC prevention strategies and risk stratification tools for early detection.

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EthnicityStomach NeoplasmsAgedCaliforniaCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesFemaleHawaiiHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRisk FactorsHeatlhcare disparitiesNoncardia gastric cancerScreening and risk stratification

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