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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-5-6
pubmed:abstractText
Exposures early in life seem to play an important role in the development of gastric cancer, but their nature is not well understood. In a population-based case-control study, we examined weight, height and body-mass index (BMI) at the age of 20 as well as indices of socioeconomic conditions. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 338 of 456 eligible histologically confirmed gastric cancer patients and 679 of 880 eligible control subjects, sampled from population registers and frequency matched by age and gender. Gastric cancer risk was negatively associated with height. Risk was positively, associated with weight at age 20 in both sexes. The highest BMI-quartile was associated with an increased risk. This association between BMI and risk was confined to BMI at age 20, and disappeared for BMI 20 years prior to interview. High socioeconomic status (SES) as well as long education carried a decreased risk of gastric cancer. Number of siblings was positively associated with risk. Factors related to short stature and high adolescent body weight are associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer, as is a high number of siblings. These factors may reflect influences of dietary patterns early in life.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
32-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Body Height, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Diet, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Family Characteristics, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Population, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Socioeconomic Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Stomach Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8150538-Sweden
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Early-life risk indicators of gastric cancer. A population-based case-control study in Sweden.
pubmed:affiliation
Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't