Smoking and Helicobacter pylori infection
Ferro A, Morais S, Pelucchi C, Aragonés N, Kogevinas M, López-Carrillo L, Malekzadeh R, Tsugane S, Hamada GS, Hidaka A, Hernández-Ramírez RU, López-Cervantes M, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Pourfarzi F, Zhang ZF, Yu GP, Pakseresht M, Ye W, Plymoth A, Leja M, Gasenko E, Derakhshan MH, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Smoking and Helicobacter pylori infection. European Journal Of Cancer Prevention 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30272597, DOI: 10.1097/cej.0000000000000471.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsH. pylori seropositivityHelicobacter pylori infectionPylori infectionPylori seropositivityPrevalence ratiosStomach cancer Pooling (StoP) ProjectDuration of smokingH. pylori infectionCase-control studyConfidence intervalsSummary odds ratiosIndividual participant dataOdds ratioEgger's testGastric cancerStratified analysisMajor covariatesPooling ProjectGreater prevalenceSmokingH. pyloriSignificant associationPublication biasSeropositivityInfectionEducation and gastric cancer risk—An individual participant data meta‐analysis in the StoP project consortium
Rota M, Alicandro G, Pelucchi C, Bonzi R, Bertuccio P, Hu J, Zhang Z, Johnson KC, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Yu G, Galeone C, López‐Carrillo L, Muscat J, Lunet N, Ferro A, Ye W, Plymoth A, Malekzadeh R, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Kogevinas M, de Larrea N, Vioque J, Navarrete‐Muñoz E, Tsugane S, Hamada GS, Hidaka A, Pakseresht M, Wolk A, Håkansson N, Hernández‐Ramírez R, López‐Cervantes M, Ward M, Pourfarzi F, Mu L, Kurtz RC, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Boffetta P, Boccia S, Negri E, La Vecchia C. Education and gastric cancer risk—An individual participant data meta‐analysis in the StoP project consortium. International Journal Of Cancer 2019, 146: 671-681. PMID: 30919464, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.32298.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGastric cancer riskIndividual participant dataOdds ratioCancer riskSocioeconomic positionHighest household income categoryStomach cancer Pooling (StoP) ProjectStudy-specific odds ratiosH. pylori-negative subjectsGC riskParticipant dataPylori-negative subjectsStrong risk factorRandom-effects meta-analytic modelConfidence intervalsPooled odds ratioStrong inverse associationLow socioeconomic positionPublic health interventionsHousehold income categoryNegative subjectsInverse associationRisk factorsPooling ProjectPremature mortality