作者
Hassan Ashktorab, Omid Entezari, Mehdi Nouraie, Ehsan Dowlati, Wayne Frederick, Alfreda Woods, Edward Lee, Hassan Brim, Duane T Smoot, Firoozeh Ghadyari, Farin Kamangar, Hadie Razjouyan
发表日期
2012/11
期刊
Digestive diseases and sciences
卷号
57
页码范围
2924-2928
出版商
Springer US
简介
Background and Aim
Negative association has been reported between presence of Helicobacter pylori and developing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and its complications. The aim of this study was to determine whether H. pylori (HP) can be protective against GERD in an African American (AA) population.
Methods
From 2004 to 2007, we studied 2,020 cases; esophagitis (58), gastritis (1,558), both esophagitis and gastritis (363) and a normal control group (41). We collected their pathology and endoscopy unit reports. HP status was determined based on staining of gastric biopsy.
Results
HP data was available for 79 % (1,611) of the cases. The frequency of HP positivity in gastritis patients was 40 % (506), in esophagitis patients 4 % and in normal controls 34 % (11), while HP was positive in 34 % of the …
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