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Helicobacter pylori and gastroesophageal reflux disease
A Garrido Serrano1, J A Lepe Jiménez, F J Guerrero Igea
1Unidad de Digestivo. Hospital Comarcal de Riotinto. Huelva. Spain. agarridos@interec.org
Objectives:
1. To determine the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and to compare it with that in a control group. 2. To study the percentage of H. pylori-positive GERD patients according to different grades of esophagitis.
Material And Methods:
H. pylori prevalence by serological tests was compared among 692 patients with GERD and 200 healthy volunteer controls. Subsequently, the percentage of H. pylori was analyzed in the different grades of esophagitis, according to the Savary-Miller classification.
Results:
no differences between the GERD group and control group were detected regarding age (50.5+/-14.7 vs 50.7+/-16.4 years, ns) and sex (63 vs 66% of men, ns); on the other hand the prevalence of H. pylori was 40% in the GERD group facing 66% in the control group, p <0.01. There were no differences in H. pylori prevalence according to the different grades of esophagitis, but logistical regression analysis showed that the absence of H. pylori infection was associated with the presence of grade IV esophagitis.
Conclusions:
the prevalence of H. pylori infection in GERD patients is lower than that of the general population, and its absence is associated with more severe grades of the disease. These results indicate that H. pylori plays a protective role against GERD.
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