Omission of breakfast and risk of gastric cancer in Mexico

<Abstract>AIM: To investigate factors associated with gastric cancer (GC) in the Mexican population using a validated questionnaire. METHODS: We designed and validated in Spanish a Questionnaire to Find Factors Associated with Diseases of the Digestive Tract using GC as a model. A cros...

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Published inWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology Vol. 4; no. 11; pp. 223 - 229
Main Author Monserrat Verdalet-Olmedo Clara Luz Sampieri Jaime Morales-Romero Hilda Montero-L de Guevara lvaro Manuel Machorro-Castao Kenneth León-Córdoba
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited 15.11.2012
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cancer
factors
Gastric
Omission
Questionnaire
Risk
Omission of breakfast
Questionnaire
Gastric cancer
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Summary:<Abstract>AIM: To investigate factors associated with gastric cancer (GC) in the Mexican population using a validated questionnaire. METHODS: We designed and validated in Spanish a Questionnaire to Find Factors Associated with Diseases of the Digestive Tract using GC as a model. A crosssectional study using 49 subjects, with confirmed histopathological GC diagnosis, and 162 individuals without GC participated. Odds ratio and 95% CIs were estimated in univariate and multivariate analysis adjusted for possible confounding factors. In order to match agegroups, a multivariate sub-analysis was performed in subjects ≥ 39 years of age and in females and males separately. RESULTS: In the univariate analysis, we found an association between GC and education to primary level or below, low socioeconomic status, the use of dental prostheses, omission of breakfast, consumption of very hot food and drink, addition of salt to prepared foods, consumption of salt-preserved foods and the pattern of alcohol consumption. We found protection against GC associated with the use of mouthwash, food refrigeration and regular consumption of fruit and vegetables. In the multivariate sub-analysis with subjects of ≥ 39 years, the omission of breakfast was identified as a risk factor for GC. CONCLUSION: Our study suggests an association between the omission of breakfast and the failure to refrigerate food with GC in the Mexican population.
Bibliography:Monserrat Verdalet-Olmedo, Clara Luz Sampieri, Jaime Morales-Romero, Hilda Montero-L de Guevara, Institute of Public Health, University of Veracruz, Xalapa, Veracruz, CP 91190, Mexico lvaro Manuel Machorro-Castao, Blood Bank, Dr. Miguel Dorantes Hospital, Xalapa, Veracruz, CP 91120, Mexico Kenneth León-Córdoba, Department of Gastroenterology, Dr. Miguel Dorantes Mesa Hospital, Xalapa, Veracruz, CP 91120, Mexico
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Correspondence to: Dr. Clara Luz Sampieri, Institute of Public Health, University of Veracruz, Xalapa, Veracruz, CP 91190, Mexico. csampieri@uv.mx
Author contributions: Verdalet-Olmedo M designed, performed, analyzed the questionnaire and recruited patients; Sampieri CL designed, performed, analyzed the questionnaire and wrote the paper; Morales-Romero J and Montero-L de Guevara H designed and analyzed the questionnaire; Machorro-Castaño ÁM and León-Córdoba K recruited patients, performed and analyzed the questionnaire.
ISSN:1948-5204
1948-5204
DOI:10.4251/wjgo.v4.i11.223