Impact of alcohol drinking on gastric cancer development according to Helicobacter pylori infection status
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24928Date
2015-09-17Type
Journal articleTidsskriftartikkel
Peer reviewed
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Ma, Seung-Hyun; Jung, Woohyun; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Jang, Jieun; Hwang, Yunji; Ahn, Chunghyun; Ko, Kwang-Pil; Chang, Soung-Hoon; Shin, Hai-Rim; Yoo, Keun-Young; Park, Sue K.Abstract
Methods: We selected 949 case–cohort participants from the 18 863 Korean Multi-center Cancer Cohort (KMCC) populations. Gastric cancer incidence inside and outside of the subcohort were 12 and 254 cases, respectively. Seropositivities for CagA, VacA, and H. pylori infection were determined by performing immunoblot assays. Weighted Cox regression models were used to calculate hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
Results: Relative to non-drinking, heavy drinking (X7 times a week), and binge drinking (X55 g alcohol intake per occasion) showed a 3.48-fold (95% CI, 1.13–10.73) and 3.27-fold (95% CI, 1.01–10.56) higher risk in subjects not previously infected by H. pylori. There was no significant association between drinking pattern and gastric cancer risk in H. pylori IgG seropositive subjects. An increased risk for gastric cancer in heavy- and binge-drinking subjects were also present in subjects not infected by CagA- or VacA-secreting H. pylori.
Conclusions: Heavy and binge alcohol consumption is an important risk factor related to an increasing incidence of gastric cancer in a population not infected by H. pylori.