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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 Sep 2;31(9):1727–1734. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0051

Table 4.

BMI and risk for GC subtype according to histological classification in the ACC 1

BMI (kg/m2)

< 18.5 18.5–22.9 23.0–24.9 25.0–27.4 ≥ 27.5

Intestinal type GC
 HR (95% CI)2 1.14 (1.01–1.28) 1.07 (0.99–1.15) 1 0.96 (0.87–1.06) 1.11 (0.98–1.25)
 Cases, N 400 2,455 1,065 664 360
Diffuse type GC
 HR (95% CI)2 0.99 (0.63–1.55) 1.22 (0.95–1.57) 1 1.17 (0.85–1.61) 1.27 (0.85–1.89)
 Cases, N 26 224 83 67 35
Female
Intestinal type GC
 HR (95% CI)3 1.51 (1.24–1.83) 1.10 (0.96–1.26) 1 1.00 (0.84–1.19) 1.07 (0.88–1.30)
 Cases, N 167 718 304 226 148
Diffuse type GC
 HR (95% CI)3 0.96 (0.53–1.74) 1.06 (0.75–1.49) 1 0.97 (0.62–1.52) 1.14 (0.69–1.89)
 Cases, N 15 111 48 33 22
Male
Intestinal type GC
 HR (95% CI)3 1.02 (0.88–1.19) 1.06 (0.97–1.16) 1 0.94 (0.83–1.05) 1.13 (0.97–1.32)
 Cases, N 233 1,737 761 438 212
Diffuse type GC
 HR (95% CI)3 1.09 (0.55–2.18) 1.47 (1.00–2.15) 1 1.50 (0.93–2.41) 1.49 (0.79–2.83)
 Cases, N 11 113 35 34 13

Abbreviation: BMI, Body mass index; GC, Gastric cancer; ACC, Asia Cohort Consortium

1.

Analyzed excluding cases diagnosed within 2-year from cohort enrollment

2.

Adjusted for age at cohort enrollment, sex, country, cigarette smoking status and alcohol drinking status

3.

Adjusted for age at cohort enrollment, country, cigarette smoking status and alcohol drinking status