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Research Question:
Or a link between drinking alcohol and the risk of getting stomach cancer exists, is an open question. To create a final quantification of the relationship between drinking alcohol and the risk of getting stomach cancer can be beaten, this meta-analysis was performed.

Is there a relationship between drinking alcohol and the risk of getting stomach cancer?

Study Design:
This overview article contained 44 15 prospective cohort studies and case-control studies. This overview article delivered 34557 maagkanker patients.

Results and conclusions:
The researchers found that when alcohol drinkers compared to non-alcohol drinkers the chance of getting stomach cancer significantly with 7% [pooled RR was 1.07, 95% CI = 1.01-1.13] increased.

The researchers found that in heavy alcohol drinkers (4 glasses or more per day) compared to non-alcohol drinkers the chance of getting stomach cancer significantly with 20% [pooled RR was 1.20, 95% CI = 1.01-1.44] increased. Significant is, there is a link.

The dose-dependent model found a RR of 0.95 [95% CI = 0.91-0.99] for 10 grams of alcohol per day and a RR of 1.14 [95% CI = 1.08-1.21] for 50 grams of alcohol per day.
An RR of 1.14 [95% CI = 1.08-1.21] means that the chance of getting stomach cancer significantly with 14% increased in people who received 50 grams of alcohol per day.

The researchers concluded that drinking moderate alcohol the chance of getting stomach cancer is not increased. However, there was a positive relationship for heavy drinkers.

Original title:
A meta-analysis on alcohol drinking and gastric cancer risk by Tramacere I, Negri E, [...], Boffetta p.

Link:
http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/1/28.short

Additional information about El Mondo:
Read more about alcohol in the presentation flavonoids.
Moderate alcohol consumption is 2-3 glasses for men and 1-2 glasses for women.