The Claim

High dietary nitrite intake is associated with a 31% increased risk of gastric cancer (summary relative risk: 1.31, 95% CI: 1.13–1.52), based on a meta-analysis of 19 studies including 663,634 participants, with consistency across case-control studies and geographic regions and minimal heterogeneity.

Source: Dietary Nitrates, Nitrites, and Nitrosamines Intake and the Risk of Gastric Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

What the research says

Supports is higher

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Supports
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Challenges
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Correlation
1 study reviewed
In plain English

Eating a lot of foods with nitrites might raise your chances of getting stomach cancer by about one-third, according to a big review of many studies.

See the scientific wording

High dietary nitrite intake is associated with a 31% increased risk of gastric cancer when comparing the highest versus lowest intake categories (summary relative risk: 1.31, 95% CI: 1.13–1.52), based on a meta-analysis of 19 studies including 663,634 participants. This risk elevation was consistent across case-control studies and geographic regions, with minimal heterogeneity.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Dietary Nitrates, Nitrites, and Nitrosamines Intake and the Risk of Gastric Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

    The study looked at the same thing as the claim—dietary nitrite intake and its link to stomach cancer—and found exactly the same 31% increased risk, so it supports the claim.

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