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- Title
Analysis of gastroscopy results among healthy people undergoing a medical checkup: a retrospective study.
- Authors
Huang, Haosu; Rong, Yanting; Wang, Meng; Guo, Zimeng; Yu, Yanghua; Long, Zhenpu; Chen, Xiaoxiao; Wang, Hanyue; Ding, Junjie; Yan, Lu; Peng, Jie
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>The association of upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings with sex, age, and Helicobacter pylori infection in asymptomatic healthy people is unclear. The aim of this study was to retrospectively determine the associations of upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings in asymptomatic healthy people with sex, age, and H. pylori infection.<bold>Methods: </bold>A retrospective study was conducted on 2923 patients from a health examination center in Xiangya Hospital between September 2015 and September 2019. Data on sex, age, H. pylori infection, and gastroscopy results were collected.<bold>Results: </bold>Among 2923 asymptomatic patients who underwent gastroscopy, 2911 (99.59%) had abnormal results. The top three results were chronic gastritis (95.11%), peptic ulcer (17.45%), and duodenitis (9.17%). Inflammation of the gastric mucosa in chronic gastritis was more severe in the H. pylori-positive group. The incidence of peptic ulcer decreased with increasing age and was higher in men, patients aged < 30 years, and H. pylori-positive patients. The incidence of polyps was higher in women (9.54%) than in men (5.94%), and the incidence in individuals aged ≥60 years (11.63%) was higher than that in those aged < 60 years (6.83%). The pathological results of gastric polyps depended on the location of the lesion.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The incidence of abnormal upper gastrointestinal endoscopic results is high in asymptomatic healthy people undergoing a check-up and is associated with sex, age, and H. pylori infection. Gastroscopy should be considered part of a routine health check.
- Subjects
GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER pylori infections; HELICOBACTER pylori; GASTRIC mucosa; PEPTIC ulcer; PERIODIC health examinations; YEAR; HELICOBACTER disease diagnosis; GASTRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE studies; RESEARCH funding; HELICOBACTER diseases
- Publication
BMC Gastroenterology, 2020, Vol 20, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-230X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12876-020-01557-9