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- Title
Obesity Associated with Increased Risk of Gastric Helicobacter pylori Infection in an Elderly Chinese Population.
- Authors
Yang, Gi‐Hua; Wu, Jin‐Shang; Yang, Yi‐Ching; Huang, Ying‐Hsiang; Lu, Feng‐Hwa; Chang, Chih‐Jen
- Abstract
The article discusses research which was conducted to investigate the relationship between gastric helicobacter pylori (HP) infections and obesity in Chinese patients aged 60 and over. Researchers evaluated 324 subjects by pathology from gastric biopsy. They found that there was a positive but nonsignificant association between HP infection and obesity in the elderly.
- Subjects
CHINA; HELICOBACTER diseases; OBESITY complications; ACADEMIC medical centers; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL diseases; GLOMERULAR filtration rate; QUESTIONNAIRES; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; MULTIPLE regression analysis; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2014, Vol 62, Issue 1, p190
- ISSN
0002-8614
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jgs.12618