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Relations between Helicobacter pylori, thyroid disease and cardiovascular risk factors in a 56-65-year-old population
T Nilsson1, L Lapidus, G Lindstedt
1Mölnlycke Primary Health Care and Research Centre, Department of Primary Health Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg University, Sweden.
Objective:
To estimate the prevalence of and relation between Helicobacter pylori (HP) and thyroid disease in a 56-65-year-old population with cardiovascular risk factors.
Design:
Cross-sectional study including every second individual in the age group.
Setting:
The primary health care district of Mölnlycke, with about 14,000 inhabitants.
Patients:
170 men and 217 women aged between 56 and 65 years.
Main Outcome Measures:
Anthropometric (body mass index (BMI), waist/hip ratio (WHR)) and blood pressure measurements, biochemical analyses, including s-TSH, s-FT4 and HP serology.
Results:
There was a high prevalence of metabolic risk factors in this pre-retirement group of individuals. The prevalence of HP was 42% in both men and women. Only a significant correlation between HP and WHR was seen in men.
Conclusions:
No reason could be found for including analysis of HP and thyroid tests in screening programmes for cardiovascular risk factors in men and women.