ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Nutr.
Sec. Nutritional Epidemiology
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1584400
This article is part of the Research TopicDiet and Digestive Tract Cancers: Investigating the Nutritional Influences on Gastrointestinal CarcinogenesisView all 11 articles
The Burden of Gastric Cancer Attributed to High Salt Intake and Predictions through the Year 2042: A Cross-National Comparative Analysis of China, Japan, and South Korea
Provisionally accepted
- 1First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- 2Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- 3Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- 4Chongqing Youth Vocational & Technical College, Chongqing, China
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Background: Gastric cancer remains a significant health burden, particularly in East Asia, where high salt intake is a major risk factor. This study assesses the gastric cancer burden attributable to high salt intake in China, Japan, and South Korea.We analyzed data from the GBD 2021 database, including age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR), age-standardized DALY rates (ASDR), and population attributable fraction (PAF) related to high salt intake. The study focused on individuals aged 25 and above,
Keywords: gastric cancer, High salt intake, Global burden of disease, regional comparison, Dietary risk factors
Received: 27 Feb 2025; Accepted: 25 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Lui, Peng, Zhao, Liu and Liao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Wei Lui, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
Kui Liao, Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 401122, China
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