TY  - JOUR
TT  - The Relationship of Helicobacter Pylori Infection with Demographic, Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors:  Ankara Hospital Experience
AU  - Korkmaz, Meliha
AU  - Sadıç, Murat
AU  - Koca, Gökhan
AU  - Demirel, Koray
AU  - Atılgan, Hasan İkbal
AU  - Özyurt, Sinem
AU  - Orak, Rahime
AU  - Baskın, Aylin
PY  - 2013
DA  - July
JF  - Kafkas Journal of Medical Sciences
JO  - KAFKAS TIP BİL DERG
PB  - Kafkas Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2146-2631
SP  - 74
EP  - 79
IS  - 2
KW  - Demografi
KW  - Tanısal testler
KW  - Helikobakter Pilori
KW  - Prevalans
KW  - Sosyal durum
N2  - We aimed to evaluate the relationship between the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (HP) and epidemiologic, socio-economic, demographic variables of the patients admitted for C14 urea breath test.METHODS:  Patients (n=2189) admitted for C14 urea breath test were evaluated. Patients (n=589) with equivocal test results (cpm:  25-50) or history of previous HP therapy for HP eradication were excluded, thus 1600 patients were included. The characteristics including age, gender, marital status, body mass index, blood group, smoking, presence of chronic systemic diseases, the type of fuel used for heatingand their relation with HP positiveness were analyzed.RESULTS:  The study included 1130 (70.6%) female and 470 (29.4 %) male patients with a mean age of 37.66±20.35 years. HP prevalence was 49.5 % in whole study opulation. In the evaluation of age groups, statistical signifi cance was found between the pediatric and other age groups (p0.05). The education level was also correlated with the positiveness of the test results. Participants using coal and gas, as the primary fuel for their heating system, had HP tests positiveness of 55.5 and 46.8%, respectively.CONCLUSİON:  Helicobacter Pylori infection rate increases with age and the presence of an additional gastrointestinal disease. In addition, its prevalence is higher if coal is used as the primary fuel for heating instead of gas.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/kaftbd/issue//393558
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/423521
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