Digestion
Volume 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 180-185

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylor Infection and Chronic Dyspeptic Symptoms among Immigrants from Developing Countries and People Born in Industrialized Countries (Article)

Verdú E.F.* , Fraser R. , Tiberio D. , Herranz M. , Sipponen P. , Blum A.L. , Michetti P.
  • a Division of Gastroenterology, CHUV/PMU, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • b Division of Gastroenterology, CHUV/PMU, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • c Division of Gastroenterology, CHUV/PMU, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • d Division of Gastroenterology, CHUV/PMU, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • e Department of Pathology, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, Finland
  • f Division of Gastroenterology, CHUV/PMU, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • g Division of Gastroenterology, CHUV/PMU, Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract

The relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic dyspepsia is controversial. To determine the effect of H. pylori infection on dyspeptic symptoms, we compared the prevalence of H. pylori infection in immigrants from developing countries and people born in industrialized countries. Upper abdominal symptoms were assessed by a questionnaire and H. pylori infection was determined with a 13C-urea breath test and serology. H. pylori infection was found in 63% of subjects from developing countries and 11% of subjects from industrialized countries. There was no difference in the prevalence of dyspeptic symptoms between the 2 groups. The lack of difference in chronic dyspeptic symptoms between the groups, despite a major difference in the H. pylori prevalence, suggests that H. pylori infection is not a major contributor to chronic dyspepsia. © 1996 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Author Keywords

Prevalence Helicobacter pylori Chronic dyspepsia Developing countries

Index Keywords

immigrant developing country Radioimmunoassay human Developing Countries industrialization middle aged controlled study Developed Countries priority journal comparative study chronic disease Humans Adolescent Breath Tests male breath analysis Pepsinogens female urea questionnaire serodiagnosis symptom prevalence Article Questionnaires Dyspepsia Helicobacter Infections Gram negative infection Helicobacter pylori adult major clinical study Emigration and Immigration Antibodies, Bacterial Switzerland Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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DOI: 10.1159/000201334
ISSN: 00122823
Cited by: 32
Original Language: English