Dietary patterns and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and distal stomach.

Background: Dietary pattern analysis is a unique approach to studying relations between diet and disease.

Objective: Our objective was to describe the dietary patterns of an eastern Nebraska population and investigate the associations between those dietary patterns and risks of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and distal stomach.

Design: We recruited 124 subjects with esophageal adenocarcinoma, 124 subjects with distal stomach adenocarcinoma, and 449 control subjects in a population-based, case-control study.