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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2016; 22(22): 5228-5236
Published online Jun 14, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i22.5228
Published online Jun 14, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i22.5228
Factors affecting occurrence of gastric varioliform lesions: A case-control study
Tian-Hui Zou, Qin-Yan Gao, Xuan Kong, Xiao-Yu Chen, Zhi-Zheng Ge, Ying-Xuan Chen, Jing-Yuan Fang, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai 200001, China
Ru-Hua Zheng, Xiao-Ping Zou, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China
Author contributions: Zou TH performed telephone interviews of most participants and wrote the manuscript; Zheng RH performed part of the telephone interviews; Gao QY and Kong X provided analytical tools; Chen XY offered the pathological data; Ge ZZ offered the endoscopic data; Chen YX served as scientific advisors; Fang JY designed the study and edited the manuscript; all authors approved the final version of the manuscript.
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 31371420 (to FJY); the National Key Technology R and D Program, No. 2014BAI09B05 (to CYX); and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81402347 (to KX).
Institutional review board statement: The study was approved by Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
Informed consent statement: All patients gave informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.
Data sharing statement: Statistical code and dataset available from the corresponding author at jingyuanfang@sjtu.edu.cn.
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Correspondence to: Jing-Yuan Fang, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, No. 145 Shandong Zhonglu, Shanghai 200001, China. jingyuanfang@sjtu.edu.cn
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Received: January 18, 2016
Peer-review started: January 19, 2016
First decision: March 7, 2016
Revised: March 16, 2016
Accepted: March 30, 2016
Article in press: March 30, 2016
Published online: June 14, 2016
Peer-review started: January 19, 2016
First decision: March 7, 2016
Revised: March 16, 2016
Accepted: March 30, 2016
Article in press: March 30, 2016
Published online: June 14, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: To our knowledge, this is the first case-control study investigating the factors influencing the formation of gastric varioliform lesions, which were supposed to be associated with gastric neoplasia in previous reports. Our results indicate a potentially increased cancer risk for the affected patients, and that Helicobacter pylori infection, allergic respiratory diseases, high work-related stress, irregular meals, high intake of spicy food, pickled food consumption in elder people, excessive smoking in men, consumption of vegetables and high intake of fresh fruit are found to be correlated with the occurrence of gastric varioliform lesions.