Role of serum EBV-VCA IgG detection in assessing gastric cancer risk and prognosis in Northern Chinese population.

ABSTRACT: The study aimed to investigate the role of serum EBV-VCA IgG in assessing gastric cancer (GC) risk and prognosis. A total of 1790 Northern Chinese participants with pathologically confirmed disease underwent EBV-VCA IgG serologic testing using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), including 821 controls, 410 atrophic gastritis (AG) patients, and 559 GC patients. We found that positive EBV-VCA IgG was significantly associated with GC and its precursor, conferring a 1.55- and 1.36-fold increased risk of GC and AG, respectively (P = 0.001, 95% CI = 1.21-1.99; P = 0.011, 95% CI = 1.07-1.72, respectively). The risk effects were more remarkable in younger, female, and Helicobacter pylori-negative individuals than in older, male, and H. pylori-positive individuals. EBV-VCA IgG-positive subje

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6246934 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature