Abstract
A case‐control study of stomach cancer was conducted in hospital patients in South Wales. The frequency of fresh fruit consumption prior to the onset of illness was recorded in 149 stomach cancer patients and in 1934 control patients. The relative risk for stomach cancer among those who ate fresh fruit on most days was less than half that of those who ate no fresh fruit. Fruit was eaten less frequently by the men than by the women, especially among the controls. Relative risks of stomach cancer in men and women were similar at each level of fruit‐eating, suggesting that the sex‐difference in stomach cancer mortality may, in part at least, be attributable to a difference in fruit consumption.
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