Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori among multiracial community in Northern Peninsular, Ma

Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori among multiracial community in Northern Peninsular, Malaysia：effect of age across race and gender

Sreenivasan

Sasidharan;Subramanion

Jo

Thy

Lachumy;Manickam

Ravichandran;Lachimanan Yoga Latha;Surasa Rao Surya Gegu

【期刊名称】《亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）》 【年(卷),期】2011(000)001

【摘要】Objective: To study the epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection according to age group. Methods: H. pylori infection data among 1 965 consecutive patients referred to the Endoscopy Unit collected at Sungai Petani Hospital for oesophagogastro-duodenoscopy (OGD). The patients were divided into 9 age groups (10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-89 and 90-99 years). In addition these groups were further divided into three minor group namely young adults (10-39), older adults (40-69) and geriatric groups (70-99). Results: Overall prevalence of infection of H. pylori was analyzed and found that the prevalence increase with age (P<0.05). When the patients divided by ethnic and gender group with age, prevalence rate among young adults and older adults significantly higher (P<0.05) compared to geriatric groups across all races and gender (P<0.05). Furthermore, significantly higher number of males were infected compared to female (P<0.05) but such trend was only observed among