Epidemiology
British Journal of Cancer (2005) 92, 1273–1275. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602467 www.bjcancer.com
Published online 8 March 2005
A nested case–control study of the association of Helicobacter pylori infection with gastric adenocarcinoma in Korea
A Shin1, H R Shin2, D Kang1, S K Park3, C-S Kim1 and K-Y Yoo1
- 1Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, Republic of Korea
- 2Division of Cancer Control and Epidemiology, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 809 Madu1-dong, Ilsan-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 411-769, Republic of Korea
- 3Department of Preventive Medicine, Konkuk University College of Medicine, 322 Danwol-Dong, Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-Do 380-701, Republic of Korea
Correspondence: Dr K-Y Yoo, E-mail: kyyoo@plaza.snu.ac.kr
Received 12 October 2004; Revised 5 January 2005; Accepted 19 January 2005; Published online 8 March 2005.
Abstract
In a nested case–control study of 86 cases of gastric adenocarcinoma in relation to Helicobactor pylori infection in the Korean Multi-center Cancer Cohort, the H. pylori IgG seropositivity was 83.7% and that of the 344 matched controls was 80.8%, with a matched odds ratio for H. pylori infection of 1.06 (95% CI, 0.80–1.40).
Keywords:
gastric cancer, Helicobacter pylori, risk factors, nested case–control study, Korean
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