Risk factors for gastric cancer and related serological levels in Fujian, China: hospital-based case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the relationships between gastric cancer and serum pepsinogen I (PG I), PG II, PG I/II ratio, gastrin 17 (G-17) and Helicobacter pylori infection, and to investigate dietary and lifestyle risk factors for gastric cancer in Fujian Province, China.

Design

A hospital-based, 1:1 matched case-control study.

Setting

Patients with newly diagnosed gastric cancer were recruited from the Fujian Provincial Hospital and the No. 900 Hospital of the Joint Support Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army between July 2014 and December 2016.

Participants

A total of 180 pairs of patients with gastric cancer and control subjects were recruited in the study, including 134 (74.4%) male pairs and 46 (25.6%) female pairs.

Investigation and analysi

SUBMITTER: Yuan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7509973 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature