Diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer: a cohort study

Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been considered a potential risk factor for gastric cancer, but the evidence is conflicting. We evaluated the association of DM with incident gastric cancer in a large cohort of men and women with endoscopic assessment at baseline and during follow-up. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 195,312 adult men and women who underwent upper endoscopy at baseline and during follow-up between 2003 and 2014. DM was...