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Type 2 diabetes and Helicobacter pylori infection: Starting point for the reality?

Amin Talebi Bezmin Abadi1.   

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Year:  2015        PMID: 25729701      PMCID: PMC4319279          DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.149330

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Indian J Endocrinol Metab        ISSN: 2230-9500


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Sir, We have read with great interest article about association of Helicobacter pylori. Infection with type 2 diabetes Bajaj et al.[1] In this cross-sectional study, the prevalence rate of H. pylori infection in type 2 diabetes, and its relation with hemoglobin A1c levels in 80 Indian patients with type 2 diabetes. Undoubtedly, H. pylori plays a critical role in the development of various gastroduodenal disorders; while, only a small fraction of infected individuals develop to severe diseases. After glorious discovery of this bacterium by Marshall and Warren in 1983, a large variety of diseases had been listed to be affected by H. pylori infection.[2] Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes worldwide, and a lot of adults (older than 40) are suffering in developed and developing countries.[3] Insulin resistance disclosed by human cells can be the major cause of type 2 diabetes. However, genetic susceptibility, diet and lack of enough exercise can be in the rest of list for risk factors. Despite the small sample size of the study (n = 80), any new fact about H. pylori as one of the most complicated infection calls for actual biologic explanations. In this study, authors did not provide any explanation about their findings. As such, small sample size can be the likely, reason for this conclusion. Moreover, it can be speculated that association of type 2 diabetes and H. pylori infection is coincidental, though it may be valuable, if authors retest their findings among the different populations, and then draw a direct conclusion. Interestingly, in India due to the hygiene conditions, people will get infected by the bacterium when they are <10, and that is why such association with particular diseases (type 2 diabetes; which is relevant for one older than 45) seems a bit away of current knowledge. Therefore, more solid findings from various groups are warranted before, we take a step forward to address H. pylori as risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
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Review 1.  Helicobacter pylori infection and diabetes: is it a myth or fact?

Authors:  Cong He; Zhen Yang; Nong-Hua Lu
Journal:  World J Gastroenterol       Date:  2014-04-28       Impact factor: 5.742

Review 2.  Therapy of Helicobacter pylori: present medley and future prospective.

Authors:  Amin Talebi Bezmin Abadi
Journal:  Biomed Res Int       Date:  2014-04-01       Impact factor: 3.411

3.  Association of helicobacter pylori infection with type 2 diabetes.

Authors:  Sarita Bajaj; Lokendra Rekwal; S P Misra; Vatsala Misra; Rakesh Kumar Yadav; Anubha Srivastava
Journal:  Indian J Endocrinol Metab       Date:  2014-09
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