Moreira Jr ED, Nassri VB, Santos RS, Matos JF, de Carvalho WA, Silvani CS, Sant’Ana CSE. Association of Helicobacter pylori infection and giardiasis: Results from a study of surrogate markers for fecal exposure among children. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(18): 2759-2763 [PMID: 15884117 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i18.2759]
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Edson Duarte Moreira Jr, MD, PhD, Chief, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazilian Ministry of Health Address: Rua Waldemar Falcão 121 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, CEP 40.295-001. edson@cpqgm.fiocruz.br
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Table 2 Seropositivity for H pylori and HAV in the study population, Salvador, Brazil, 2001-2002.
Age group (in yr)
Number of subjects
Seropositive for H pylori n (%)
Seropositive for HAV n (%)
1-3
43
12 (27.9)
7 (16.3)
4-6
50
25 (50.0)
19 (38.0)
7-9
16
7 (43.8)
12 (75.0)
10-12
12
7 (58.3)
7 (58.3)
Total
121
51 (42.2)
45 (37.2)
Table 3 Age-adjusted OR for the association between H pylori or hepatitis A infection (HAV) and selected characteristics in 121 children, Salvador, Brazil, 2001-2002.
Table 4 Results of the multivariate analysis of selected variables and their association with H pylori or HAV infection in 121 children, Salvador, Brazil, 2001-2002.
Citation: Moreira Jr ED, Nassri VB, Santos RS, Matos JF, de Carvalho WA, Silvani CS, Sant’Ana CSE. Association of Helicobacter pylori infection and giardiasis: Results from a study of surrogate markers for fecal exposure among children. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(18): 2759-2763