H pylori infection and other risk factors associated with peptic ulcers in Turkish patients: A retrospective study

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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 21, 2007; 13(23): 3245-3248
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Table 1 The prevalence of H pylori, social habits (smoking, alcohol intake) and medication (NSAIDs, aspirin intake) among peptic ulcers and gastritis patients n (%)

Disease	H pylori (+)	Smoking	Alcohol	NSAID	Aspirin
DU (n = 826)	618 (74.8)	237 (28.7)	68 (8.2)	211 (25.5)	45 (5.4)
M = 541	391 (72.3)	191 (35.3)	64 (11.8)	138 (25.5)	36 (6.7)
F = 285	227 (79.6)	46 (16.1)	4 (1.4)	73 (25.6)	9 (3.2)
GU (n = 207)	130 (62.8)	57 (27.5)	19 (9.1)	54 (26.0)	19 (9.1)
M = 137	85 (62.0)	45 (32.8)	19 (13.9)	28 (20.4)	16 (11.7)
F = 70	45 (64.3)	12 (17.1)	0 (0)	26 (37.1)	3 (4.3)
G (n = 3160)	1896 (70.7)	626 (19.8)	159 (5.0)	687 (21.7)	79 (2.5)
M = 1351	807 (59.7)	373 (27.6)	141 (10.4)	264 (19.5)	43 (3.2)
F = 1809	227 (12.5)	253 (14.0)	18 (1.0)	423 (23.4)	36 (2.0)
Total (n = 4193)	2644 (63.1)	920 (21.9)	246 (5.9)	952 (22.7)	143 (3.4)
M = 2029	1283 (63.2)	609 (30.0)	224 (11.0)	430 (21.2)	95 (4.7)
F = 2164	499 (23.0)	311 (14.4)	22 (1.0)	522 (24.1)	48 (2.2)

NSAID: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; n: number tested; DU: duodenal ulcer; GU: gastric ulcer; G: gastritis; M: male; F: female.

Table 2 The partial association of the risk factors: smoking, alcohol, NSAIDs and aspirin intake with H pylori (+) or (-) peptic ulcers and gastritis

GU (risk factor)	G²	P-value	DU (risk factor)	G²	P	Gastritis (risk factor)	G²	P
Hp+, aspirin	14.65	0.000	Hp+, aspirin, smoking, NSAID	4.96	0.026	Hp+, aspirin, smoking, NSAID	5.1	0.024
Hp+, alcohol	6.81	0.009	Hp+, aspirin, alcohol	13.53	0.000	Hp+, aspirin, alcohol	3.92	0.048
Hp+, NSAID	4.34	0.037	Hp+, aspirin, smoking	5.14	0.023	Hp+, smoking	4.7	0.03
Hp-, alcohol, NSAID	4.09	0.043	Hp-, smoking, alcohol, NSAID	10.31	0.001	Hp+, aspirin	5.81	0.016
Hp-, NSAID	4.07	0.044	Hp-, aspirin, NSAID	4.53	0.033	Hp-, smoking, alcohol, NSAID	9.89	0.02
			Hp-, aspirin, alcohol	4.4	0.036	Hp-, aspirin	7.5	0.006

G²: likelihood ratio Chi-square (γ = 1); GU: gastric ulcer; DU: duodenal ulcer; Hp: H pylori; NSAID: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

Citation: Salih BA, Abasiyanik MF, Bayyurt N, Sander E. H pylori infection and other risk factors associated with peptic ulcers in Turkish patients: A retrospective study. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13(23): 3245-3248
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v13.i23.3245