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Prevalence of H. Pylori in inflammatory bowel disease patients and its association with severity
Abdullah D Alotaibi1,2, Abdullah A Al-Abdulwahab3,4, Mona H Ismail3,4
1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal university, Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. adotaibi@iau.edu.sa.
Introduction:
One key area of interest in gastroenterology research is the relationship between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Several studies have shown varying results regarding the prevalence of H. pylori in IBD patients and its impact on disease progression, severity, and overall outcome.
Method:
This is a prospective cohort study conducted at King Fahad University Hospital in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia from November 2023 to May 2024 to determine the prevalence of H. pylori in IBD patients and its association with severity. The study included 2 arms for comparison which are IBD patients and control group, IBD will be further classified to CD and UC. Prevalence of H. pylori infection and severity of the disease was compared between these groups.
Results:
A total of 360 patients were included in the study which were divided equally into IBD group and control group. The IBD was subdivided into CD with 91 cases and UC with 89 cases. H. Pylori was significantly higher in control group (23.3%) compared with UC cases (13.2%) p value: 0.048. H. pylori infection was significantly high in smokers p value = < 0.0001. The presence of autoimmune disease was significantly associated with H. Pylori infection (16.4%) p value: 0.023.
Conclusion:
H. pylori infection was significantly higher in the control group in comparison to IBD group. In addition, smoking and autoimmune disease were significantly associated with H. pylori infection. Finally, the overall association between severity of CD, UC and medication use with H. Pylori were insignificant.
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