Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer in Croatia
Autor: | Smilja Kalinic, Marija Strnad, Vladimir Babuš, Vladimir Presečki, Mirjana Katicic, Melita Balija |
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Rok vydání: | 1998 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty Population Gastroenterology Helicobacter Infections seroprevalence Helicobacter pylori infections gastric cancer association Stomach Neoplasms Internal medicine Epidemiology Prevalence medicine Humans Seroprevalence Cumulative incidence Helicobacter education education.field_of_study Helicobacter pylori biology business.industry Mortality rate Smoking Cancer Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Oncology Immunology Female business |
Zdroj: | Cancer Letters. 125:9-15 |
ISSN: | 0304-3835 |
Popis: | The seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection was studied in a population from two areas of Croatia with significantly different average gastric cancer (GC) cumulative incidence and mortality rates. In a random sample of 456 blood sera from both areas, which was tested with the ELISA Helicobacter pylori-antibody test, 48, 8% of people in the north and 53, 3% in the south of country were found to be infected. The difference between the two areas in the seroprevalence of the infection was not statistically significant, nor did their populations differ in age, sex, educational background, smoking habid or wine consumption. Our results do not point to any association between the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and the level of cumulative incidence and GC mortality levels |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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