Background
Methods
Data sources, search strategy, and selection criteria
Data collection and quality assessment
Statistical analysis
Results
Literature search
Study | Country | Sex | Sample size | Age (years) | Never smoker | Former smoker | Current smoker | Follow-up (years) | Reported outcomes | Adjusted factors | NOS score |
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JACC 2005 [24] | Japan | Men | 43,482 | 57.4 | 9014 | 11,471 | 22,997 | 9.9 | GC mortality | Age, smoking, alcohol intake, educational level, preference for salty foods and green-tea intake. | 7 |
Women | 43,482 | 57.4 | 9014 | 11,471 | 22,997 | ||||||
Kato 1992 [25] | Japan | Men | NA | > 30.0 | NA | NA | NA | 6.0 | GC mortality | Age | 6 |
Women | NA | > 30.0 | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
Tverdal 1993 [26] | Norway | Men | 44,290 | 35.0–49.0 | 9334 | 10,467 | 18,400 | 13.3 | GC mortality | Age, cholesterol, SBP, PI during leisure, BMI, height and number of cigarettes. | 7 |
Women | 24,535 | 35.0–49.0 | 12,369 | 3079 | 8954 | ||||||
Engeland 1996 [27] | Norway | Men | 8905 | 23.0–57.0 | NA | NA | NA | 28.0 | GC | NA | 7 |
Women | 10,169 | 18.0–57.0 | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
Lindblad 2005 [28] | UK | Men | 6860 | 40.0–84.0 | 2956 | 678 | 1212 | NA | GC | Age, calendar year, BMI, alcohol consumption and reflux | 6 |
Women | 3335 | 40.0–84.0 | 1744 | 168 | 395 | ||||||
Jee 2004 [29] | Korea | Men | 830,139 | 45.0 | 166,858 | 190,932 | 473,179 | 8.0 | GC mortality | Age | 8 |
Women | 382,767 | 48.6 | 352,528 | 9569 | 20,669 | ||||||
Chao 2002 [30] | US | Men | 467,788 | 57.0 | 117,968 | 179,833 | 151,406 | 14.0 | GC mortality | Age, race, education, family history of stomach cancer, consumption of high-fiber grain foods, vegetables, citrus fruits or juices, and use of vitamin C, multivitamins, and aspirin | 8 |
Women | 588,053 | 56.0 | 326,835 | 122,455 | 122,465 | ||||||
Akiba 1990 [31] | Japan | Men | 122,261 | > 40.0 | NA | NA | NA | 16.0 | GC mortality | Prefecture of residence, occupation, attained age, and observation period | 6 |
Women | 142,857 | > 40.0 | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
Gonzalez 2003 [32] | Europe (10 countries) | Men | 148,182 | 51.6 | 49,678 | 36,791 | 36,643 | 5.0 | GC | Age, sex, vegetables, fruits, processed meat, alcohol, BMI and educational level | 7 |
Women | 322,046 | 51.6 | 191,037 | 41,887 | 58,319 | ||||||
Nomura 2012 [33] | US | Men | 82,683 | 60.1 | 25,466 | 42,251 | 14,966 | 7.3 | GC | Age at cohort entry as a continuous variable, ethnicity as a strata variable, education, processed meat intake, BMI, alcohol intake, aspirin use, and family history of gastric cancer | 8 |
Women | 99,758 | 59.6 | 56,463 | 28,930 | 14,365 |
Study characteristics
Sex differences for gastric Cancer risk in current smokers
Outcomes | Excluding study | RRR and 95% CI | P value | Heterogeneity (%) | P value for heterogeneity |
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Current smoker versus never smoker | JACC 2005 | 1.27 (1.01–1.61) | 0.045 | 56.8 | 0.018 |
Kato 1992 | 1.30 (1.03–1.63) | 0.026 | 57.8 | 0.015 | |
Tverdal 1993 | 1.27 (1.04–1.57) | 0.022 | 47.8 | 0.053 | |
Engeland 1996 | 1.34 (1.06–1.70) | 0.015 | 54.5 | 0.024 | |
Lindblad 2005 | 1.38 (1.15–1.66) | 0.001 | 35.7 | 0.132 | |
Jee 2004 | 1.22 (0.97–1.53) | 0.089 | 38.1 | 0.114 | |
Chao 2002 | 1.27 (0.97–1.66) | 0.080 | 57.4 | 0.016 | |
Akiba 1990 | 1.30 (0.98–1.73) | 0.068 | 55.1 | 0.023 | |
Gonzalez 2003 | 1.34 (1.06–1.69) | 0.014 | 55.0 | 0.023 | |
Nomura 2012 | 1.33 (1.04–1.70) | 0.023 | 56.1 | 0.020 | |
Former smoker versus never smoker | JACC 2005 | 1.20 (0.90–1.59) | 0.220 | 48.4 | 0.060 |
Kato 1992 | 1.20 (0.92–1.58) | 0.175 | 46.9 | 0.068 | |
Tverdal 1993 | 1.20 (0.91–1.58) | 0.187 | 47.7 | 0.063 | |
Engeland 1996 | 1.15 (0.87–1.53) | 0.332 | 47.7 | 0.063 | |
Lindblad 2005 | 1.31 (1.10–1.57) | 0.002 | 5.7 | 0.386 | |
Jee 2004 | 1.10 (0.78–1.56) | 0.592 | 46.2 | 0.072 | |
Chao 2002 | 1.17 (0.83–1.64) | 0.364 | 46.0 | 0.073 | |
Gonzalez 2003 | 1.26 (0.96–1.64) | 0.095 | 40.8 | 0.107 | |
Nomura 2012 | 1.11 (0.85–1.44) | 0.445 | 28.8 | 0.199 |
Group | RRR and 95% CI | P value | Heterogeneity (%) | P value for heterogeneity | P value for interaction test |
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Publication year | |||||
2000 or after | 1.27 (0.93–1.74) | 0.130 | 60.6 | 0.027 | 0.921 |
Before 2000 | 1.32 (0.89–1.96) | 0.172 | 38.2 | 0.183 | |
Country | |||||
Asia | 1.50 (1.17–1.91) | 0.001 | 40.2 | 0.171 | 0.306 |
Europe or US | 1.12 (0.77–1.64) | 0.548 | 58.2 | 0.035 | |
Follow-up duration (years) | |||||
10 or greater | 1.33 (1.02–1.74) | 0.037 | 44.7 | 0.143 | 0.573 |
< 10 | 1.46 (1.11–1.91) | 0.006 | 22.4 | 0.272 | |
Outcomes | |||||
GC incidence | 0.92 (0.66–1.29) | 0.628 | 16.5 | 0.309 | 0.023 |
GC mortality | 1.53 (1.24–1.89) | < 0.001 | 39.3 | 0.143 | |
Adjusted BMI or not | |||||
Yes | 1.07 (0.53–2.15) | 0.848 | 68.0 | 0.025 | 0.527 |
No | 1.47 (1.24–1.74) | < 0.001 | 20.2 | 0.286 | |
Adjusted alcohol consumption | |||||
Yes | 0.99 (0.61–1.61) | 0.971 | 49.6 | 0.114 | 0.331 |
No | 1.53 (1.20–1.94) | 0.001 | 50.2 | 0.090 | |
NOS score | |||||
7 or 8 | 1.42 (1.11–1.81) | 0.005 | 43.4 | 0.101 | 0.169 |
< 7 | 0.91 (0.41–2.02) | 0.814 | 62.7 | 0.068 |
Sex differences in gastric Cancer risk for former smokers
Group | RRR and 95% CI | P value | Heterogeneity (%) | P value for heterogeneity | P value for interaction test |
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Publication year | |||||
2000 or after | 1.17 (0.85–1.59) | 0.332 | 60.0 | 0.029 | 0.731 |
Before 2000 | 1.28 (0.65–2.51) | 0.471 | 0.0 | 0.534 | |
Country | |||||
Asia | 1.35 (1.05–1.74) | 0.019 | 0.0 | 0.606 | 0.528 |
Europe or US | 1.10 (0.73–1.66) | 0.648 | 59.7 | 0.029 | |
Follow-up duration (years) | |||||
10 or greater | 1.17 (0.89–1.55) | 0.252 | 0.0 | 0.638 | 0.417 |
< 10 | 1.35 (1.02–1.80) | 0.038 | 27.3 | 0.240 | |
Outcomes | |||||
GC incidence | 1.03 (0.51–2.07) | 0.936 | 73.9 | 0.009 | 0.436 |
GC mortality | 1.25 (1.03–1.51) | 0.022 | 0.0 | 0.726 | |
Adjusted BMI or not | |||||
Yes | 0.86 (0.38–1.93) | 0.714 | 74.2 | 0.009 | 0.171 |
No | 1.26 (1.04–1.53) | 0.019 | 0.0 | 0.630 | |
Adjusted alcohol consumption | |||||
Yes | 0.92 (0.45–1.89) | 0.828 | 73.9 | 0.009 | 0.213 |
No | 1.26 (1.04–1.53) | 0.020 | 0.0 | 0.592 | |
NOS score | |||||
7 or 8 | 1.32 (1.09–1.59) | 0.004 | 12.1 | 0.337 | 0.001 |
< 7 | 0.34 (0.12–0.93) | 0.036 | 0.0 | 0.680 |