TY - JOUR TI - Coffee consumption and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis from the Stomach cancer Pooling Project consortium AU - Martimianaki, Georgia AU - Bertuccio, Paola AU - Alicandro, Gianfranco and AU - Pelucchi, Claudio AU - Bravi, Francesca AU - Carioli, Greta AU - Bonzi, AU - Rossella AU - Rabkin, Charles S. AU - Liao, Linda M. AU - Sinha, Rashmi and AU - Johnson, Ken AU - Hu, Jinfu AU - Palli, Domenico AU - Ferraroni, Monica and AU - Lunet, Nuno AU - Morais, Samantha AU - Tsugane, Shoichiro AU - Hidaka, AU - Akihisa AU - Hamada, Gerson Shigueaki AU - Lopez-Carrillo, Lizbeth and AU - Hernandez-Ramirez, Raul Ulises AU - Zaridze, David AU - Maximovitch, AU - Dmitry AU - Aragones, Nuria AU - Martin, Vicente AU - Ward, Mary H. and AU - Vioque, Jesus AU - Garcia de la Hera, Manoli AU - Zhang, Zuo-Feng and AU - Kurtz, Robert C. AU - Lagiou, Pagona AU - Lagiou, Areti AU - Trichopoulou, AU - Antonia AU - Karakatsani, Anna AU - Malekzadeh, Reza AU - Camargo, M. AU - Constanza AU - Curado, Maria Paula AU - Boccia, Stefania AU - Boffetta, AU - Paolo AU - Negri, Eva AU - La Vecchia, Carlo JO - European Journal of Cancer Prevention: The Official Journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) PY - 2022 VL - 31 TODO - 2 SP - 117-127 PB - Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins SN - 0959-8278 TODO - 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000680 TODO - cardia cancer; case-control study; coffee; gastric cancer; pooled analysis TODO - Objective This study aimed to evaluate and quantify the relationship between coffee and gastric cancer using a uniquely large dataset from an international consortium of observational studies on gastric cancer, including data from 18 studies, for a total of 8198 cases and 21 419 controls. Methods A two-stage approach was used to obtain the pooled odds ratios (ORs) and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for coffee drinkers versus never or rare drinkers. A one-stage logistic mixed-effects model with a random intercept for each study was used to estimate the dose-response relationship. Estimates were adjusted for sex, age and the main recognized risk factors for gastric cancer. Results Compared to never or rare coffee drinkers, the estimated pooled OR for coffee drinkers was 1.03 (95% CI, 0.94-1.13). When the amount of coffee intake was considered, the pooled ORs were 0.91 (95% CI, 0.81-1.03) for drinkers of 1-2 cups per day, 0.95 (95% CI, 0.82-1.10) for 3-4 cups, and 0.95 (95% CI, 0.79-1.15) for five or more cups. An OR of 1.20 (95% CI, 0.91-1.58) was found for heavy coffee drinkers (seven or more cups of caffeinated coffee per day). A positive association emerged for high coffee intake (five or more cups per day) for gastric cardia cancer only. Conclusions These findings better quantify the previously available evidence of the absence of a relevant association between coffee consumption and gastric cancer. ER -