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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 2.
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 5.

BMI and risk for GC subtype according to onset age in the ACC 1

BMI (kg/m2)

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

Early onset GC 3
 HR (95% CI)2 1.07 (0.50–2.31) 1.19 (0.83–1.72) 1 1.08 (0.67–1.74) 0.84 (0.43–1.64)
 Cases, N 8 97 41 29 11
Late onset GC 3
 HR (95% CI)2 1.13 (1.01–1.26) 1.03 (0.96–1.11) 1 1.03 (0.93–1.13) 1.21 (1.08–1.36)
 Cases, N 523 2,467 1,046 683 391

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.

The onset age of GC: ‘Early onset’ and ‘Late onset’ were defined as ‘Onset age < 45-year’ and ‘Onset age > 70-year’, respectively.