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Open Access 07-11-2024 | Gastric Cancer | Original Paper

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

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

Published in: Cancer Causes & Control

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Abstract

Purpose

Gastric 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.

Methods

Analysis 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.

Results

Increasing 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].

Conclusion

Analyses 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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Metadata
Title
Racial/ethnic differences in risk factors for non-cardia gastric cancer: an analysis of the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) Study
Authors
Alexandra Adams
Atish Gandhi
Patricia Friedmann
Srawani Sarkar
Brijesh Rana
Meira Epplein
Lynne Wilkens
Brian Z. Huang
Haejin In
Publication date
07-11-2024
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Cancer Causes & Control
Print ISSN: 0957-5243
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7225
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-024-01934-9
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