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High sodium intake in East Asia is associated with high rates of hypertension, stroke, and stomach cancer.
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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that high sodium intake in East Asia is associated with high rates of hypertension, stroke, and stomach cancer?
Unclear. Multiple GBD-based studies and a reference work associate high sodium intake with stomach cancer and report East Asia as the highest-burden region, and one review supports the general sodium-hypertension link. No placed item directly establishes East Asian hypertension or stroke rates tied to sodium, so the evidence covers the cancer component and the general sodium-blood-pressure relationship only in part.
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Evidence for · 9
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Stomach cancer. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomach_cancer
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Grillo, A., Salvi, L., Coruzzi, P., Salvi, P., & Parati, G. (2019). Sodium Intake and Hypertension.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11091970
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C, D. M. M., D, Y., & S, N. (2026). Forecasting Stomach Cancer Burden from High Sodium Intake in Japan, 2022-2050: Scenario Analysis of Demographic Disparities.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18101641
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High Sodium Intake: A Silent Killer Driving Global Gastric Cancer Burden. (2025). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5037516/v1
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Global stomach cancer burden from high-sodium diet and smoking: 1990–2021 findings & 2040 projections. (2026). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2026.1838243
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Zhao, G., Liu, Y., Wang, H., Zhang, Y., Shang, L., & Li, L. (2025). Global, regional, and national burden of gastric cancer attributable to smoking and a high-sodium diet from 1990 to 2021: a global burden of disease study 2021. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-025-04431-8
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Burdens of gastric cancer attributable to high sodium intake from 1990 to 2019 with projections to 2040: Findings from the global burden of disease study. (2024). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3897267/v1
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Y, N., N, W., M, H., Y, L., Y, L., H, L., & L, W. (2025). Global burden of disease from high-sodium diets, 1990-2021: analysis of GBD 2021 data.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1617644
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Q, T., Y, Z., Y, L., R, W., Y, L., & Z, C. (2025). Global burden, trends, and inequalities of gastric cancer attributable to high-sodium diets: a 30-year analysis and projections based on the global burden of disease 2021 study.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1683048
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