Zhensheng Wang1, Nicholas J Shaheen1, David C Whiteman1, Lesley A Anderson1, Thomas L Vaughan1, Douglas A Corley1,1, Hashem B El-Serag1,1, Joel H Rubenstein1,1, Aaron P Thrift1,1. 1. Section of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Program in Epidemiology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA. Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA. San Francisco Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, San Francisco, CA, USA. Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA. Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Barrett's Esophagus Program, Division of Gastroenterology Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Epidemiological studies of Helicobacter pylori infection and risk of Barrett's esophagus (BE) have reported conflicting results. We examined the association between H. pylori infection and BE and sought to determine whether the association is mediated by gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and to identify potential effect modifiers. METHODS: We used individual level data from 1308 patients with BE (cases), 1388 population-based controls, and 1775 GERD controls in the Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium (BEACON). We estimated study-specific odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs using multivariable logistic regression models and obtained summary risk estimates using a random-effects meta-analytic approach. We examined potential effect modification by waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), body mass index (BMI), and smoking status by conducting stratified analyses. RESULTS: For comparisons with population-based controls, H. pylori infection was inversely associated with the risk of BE (adjusted OR = 0.44, 95% CI = 0.36-0.55), with no evidence of between-study heterogeneity (I2 = 0%). A stronger inverse association between H. pylori and BE was observed among individuals with the CagA-positive strain (P for interaction = 0.017). We found no evidence of interaction between WHR, BMI, smoking status, and H. pylori infection on the risk of BE. There was no association between H. pylori infection and BE for comparisons with GERD controls (OR = 0.96, 95% CI = 0.67-1.37; I2 = 48%). CONCLUSIONS: This study provides the strongest evidence yet that H. pylori infection is strongly inversely associated with BE. This effect is probably mediated by a decrease in GERD in infected patients, since the protective effect disappears in patients with GERD symptoms.
OBJECTIVES: Epidemiological studies of Helicobacter pylori infection and risk of Barrett's esophagus (BE) have reported conflicting results. We examined the association between H. pyloriinfection and BE and sought to determine whether the association is mediated by gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and to identify potential effect modifiers. METHODS: We used individual level data from 1308 patients with BE (cases), 1388 population-based controls, and 1775 GERD controls in the Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium (BEACON). We estimated study-specific odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs using multivariable logistic regression models and obtained summary risk estimates using a random-effects meta-analytic approach. We examined potential effect modification by waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), body mass index (BMI), and smoking status by conducting stratified analyses. RESULTS: For comparisons with population-based controls, H. pyloriinfection was inversely associated with the risk of BE (adjusted OR = 0.44, 95% CI = 0.36-0.55), with no evidence of between-study heterogeneity (I2 = 0%). A stronger inverse association between H. pylori and BE was observed among individuals with the CagA-positive strain (P for interaction = 0.017). We found no evidence of interaction between WHR, BMI, smoking status, and H. pyloriinfection on the risk of BE. There was no association between H. pyloriinfection and BE for comparisons with GERD controls (OR = 0.96, 95% CI = 0.67-1.37; I2 = 48%). CONCLUSIONS: This study provides the strongest evidence yet that H. pyloriinfection is strongly inversely associated with BE. This effect is probably mediated by a decrease in GERD in infectedpatients, since the protective effect disappears in patients with GERD symptoms.
Authors: Jeffrey Molendijk; Thi-My-Tam Nguyen; Ian Brown; Ahmed Mohamed; Yenkai Lim; Johanna Barclay; Mark P Hodson; Thomas P Hennessy; Lutz Krause; Mark Morrison; Michelle M Hill Journal: Biomolecules Date: 2020-05-16