The Study
Habitual salt intake and risk of gastric cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.
This study looked at many other studies where people's salt eating habits were tracked over time. It found that people who ate more salt tended to get more stomach cancer, but it can't prove salt actually causes cancer because other factors could be involved.
Analysis score
Maximum 100 for a systematic review with meta-analysis.
Where the score came from
A study looked at many other studies and found that people who eat more salt have a higher chance of getting stomach cancer.
Where does this study sit?
Reviews of RCTs (Meta-analyses)
Max 100Randomized Trials
Max 90Reviews of Cohort Studies
Max 85Cohort Studies
Max 72Reviews of Case-Control Studies
Max 63Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional & Case Series
Max 50Expert Opinion
Max 552 / 100
Quality score
The highest quality evidence. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses that pool randomized controlled trials, giving the most reliable summary of experimental evidence.
Key takeaways
Summary
Based on the study abstract and findings.
- 1Yes, it suggests eating less salt could lower stomach cancer risk.
- 2High salt eaters had 1.68 times more risk, medium-high salt eaters had 1.41 times more risk compared to low salt eaters.
Score breakdown, methodology, conflicts of interest, evidence analysis & raw study data
Publication
Journal
Clinical nutrition
Year
2012
Authors
L. D’elia, G. Rossi, R. Ippolito, F. Cappuccio, P. Strazzullo
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Claims (4)
Eating a lot of salty preserved foods can hurt your stomach lining and cause long-term swelling, making you more likely to get stomach cancer after many years.
Eating a lot of salt might raise your chances of getting stomach cancer, especially in adults. The more salt you eat, the higher the risk seems to be.
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.
Eating more salty foods might raise the chance of getting stomach cancer in grown-ups, according to a big review of health studies.
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