| Literature DB >> 24778752 |
Firmin Ankouane Andoulo1, Dominique Noah Noah2, Michèle Tagni-Sartre3, Elie Claude Ndjitoyap Ndam1, Katleen Ngu Blackett1.
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Keywords: African enigma; Cameroon; Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; developing countries
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24778752 PMCID: PMC3998896 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.16.115.3007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Association between epidemiological risk factors and prevalence of H. pylori infection in 171 patients referred for endoscopy (univariate analysis)
| Variables and categories | No. of cases (%) |
| RR (95%CI) |
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| < 40 | 77 (45) | 64 (83.1) | 1 | |
| 40-50 | 43 (25) | 29(67.4) | 0.42(0.16-1.1) | 0.04 |
| >50 | 51 (30) | 31(60.8) | 0.73(0.57-0.93) | 0.004 |
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| Male | 70 (40.9) | 55(78.6) | 1 | |
| Female | 101 (59.1) | 69(68.3) | 0.87(0.73-1.04) | 0.1 |
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| Urban | 133 (77.8) | 100(75.2) | 1 | |
| Rural | 38 (22.2) | 24(63.2) | 0.84(0.65-1.09) | 0.1 |
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| Low | 111 (64.9) | 82(73.9) | 1 | |
| High | 60 (35.1) | 42(70.0) | 0.95(0.78-1.16) | 0.6 |
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| No | 117 (68.4) | 85(72.6) | 1 | |
| Yes | 54 (31.6) | 39(72.2) | 0.99(0.81-1.21) | 0.9 |
Gastro-duodenal pathologies and prevalence of H. pylori infection in 171 patients referred for endoscopy.
| Endoscopic categories | No. of cases (%) |
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| No. of cases (%) | ||
| Normal | 12 (7.6) | 9 (69.2) |
| Antrale gastritis | 85 (49.7) | 62 (72.9) |
| Corporeal gastritis | 7 (4.1) | 6 (85.7) |
| Diffuse gastritis | 51 (29.8) | 40 (78.4) |
| Gastric ulcer | 8 (4.7) | 4 (50.0) |
| Duodenal ulcer | 27 (15.8) | 17 (63.0) |
| GORD | 19 (11.1) | 12 (63.2) |
| Hiatal hernia or simple incompetence | 15 (8.8) | 9 (60.0) |
| Gastric cancer | 2 (1.2) | 2 (100) |
| Others | 18 (10.5) | 17 (94.4) |
The number of cases respectively exceed 171 and 124 given that some patients had more than one lesion at endoscopy. GORD= gastro-esophageal reflux disease.