Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic dyspeptic symptoms among immigrants from developing countries and people born in industrialized countries
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serval:BIB_CC9DCA7DF1F2
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic dyspeptic symptoms among immigrants from developing countries and people born in industrialized countries
Journal
Digestion
ISSN
0012-2823 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1996
Volume
57
Number
3
Pages
180-5
Notes
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Abstract
The relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic dyspepsia is controversial. To determine the effect of H. pylori infection on dyspeptic symptoms, we compared the prevalence of H. pylori infection in immigrants from developing countries and people born in industrialized countries. Upper abdominal symptoms were assessed by a questionnaire and H. pylori infection was determined with a 13C-urea breath test and serology. H. pylori infection was found in 63% of subjects from developing countries and 11% of subjects from industrialized countries. There was no difference in the prevalence of dyspeptic symptoms between the 2 groups. The lack of difference in chronic dyspeptic symptoms between the groups, despite a major difference in the H. pylori prevalence, suggests that H. pylori infection is not a major contributor to chronic dyspepsia.
Keywords
Adolescent
Adult
Antibodies, Bacterial/*blood
Breath Tests
Chronic Disease
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
Dyspepsia/blood/complications/*ethnology
*Emigration and Immigration
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Helicobacter Infections/blood/complications/*ethnology
Helicobacter pylori/*immunology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pepsinogens/blood
Prevalence
Questionnaires
Radioimmunoassay
Switzerland/epidemiology
Pubmed
Web of science
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