Eating more than 100 grams of salted meat each week might make Chinese adults between 40 and 75 years old almost six times more likely to get stomach cancer, even after considering other factors like smoking or diet.

Eating more salty foods might raise the chance of getting stomach cancer in grown-ups, according to a big review of health studies.

Eating a lot of salty preserved foods might raise your chances of getting stomach cancer by about one-quarter compared to eating less of them, but this link isn't as strong as other ways salt could affect cancer risk.

If Chinese adults like eating very salty food, they might have a much higher chance of getting stomach cancer, and the saltier they like it, the bigger the risk.

Eating more than a small amount of pickled veggies each week might make Chinese adults over 6 times more likely to get stomach cancer, and the more you eat, the higher the risk.

Eating a lot of salt might raise the chance of stomach cancer more for Japanese people than for others, according to big studies that looked at many groups over time.