Cluster of lifestyle risk factors for stomach cancer and screening behaviors among Korean adults.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate clustering patterns of lifestyle risk factors for stomach cancer and examine the association of risk factor clusters with stomach cancer screening adherence. Data from the 2019 Korean National Cancer Screening Survey, an annual cross-sectional nationwide survey, were used. The study population included 3539 adults aged 40-74 years with no history of cancer. Six stomach cancer risk factors, including smoking, drinking, physical inactivity, obesity, meat intake, and salted food intake, as well as stomach cancer screening behaviors, were assessed. The most frequent risk factor for stomach cancer was physical inactivity, followed by smoking in males and high salted food intake in females. Compared with participants subjects with no risk factors, those with three

SUBMITTER: Trinh TTK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10579218 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature