| 1 | Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori among multiracial community in Northern Peninsular,Malaysia:effect of age across race and gender显示文摘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 older adult groups.In addition,there is a significant differences in H.pylori infection prevalence rates among ethnic groups(highest in Indians adults,followed Chinese and low in Malays,P<0.05).Conclusions: The overall prevalence of H.pylori did increase with age group across ethnicity and gender,in Northern Peninsular Malaysia. | Sreenivasan Sasidharan Subramanion Jo Thy Lachumy Manickam Ravichandran Lachimanan Yoga Latha Surasa Rao Surya Gegu | 2011 | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine2011，4，1： | 11 |
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