THE PREVALENCE AND ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI FOR THE ENTIRE SOCIETY AND CONSTABLES

NEZIH PIŞKIPAŞA¹ , MEHMET EMIN PIŞKINPAŞA²

¹ Uskudar State Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, İstanbul - ² Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Introduction: This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori and its relationship with age and sex through endoscopic diagnosis results of the general population and constables of İstanbul, Turkey.

Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis was performed for 14,500 patients’ biopsy results taken from the antrum and corpus during gastroscopies for various reasons.

Results: In 10,266 (70.8%) of the 14,500 patients that underwent gastroscopic antrum and corpus biopsies, there was a positive result for Helicobacter pylori (70.8%). Helicobacter pylori was more prevalent in constables (72%). The difference between age groups for the general population and the constables was significant for Helicobacter pylori positivity (p ˂ 0.001). For constables, there was a difference between the sexes for Helicobacter pylori prevalence (p = 0.002), whereas other patients had no significant difference (p = 0.238). Constables had higher prevalences for gastritis (p = 0.001), gastric ulcers (p ˂ 0.001), duodenal ulcers (p ˂ 0.001), and esophagitis (p ˂ 0.001) than non-constables.

Conclusion: Helicobacter pylori prevalence for endoscopic antrum and corpus biopsies of the general population was 70.8%. The Helicobacter pylori prevalence for constables was higher than the other segments of this society. Age was determined to be a significant variable both among constables and the general population, however, sex differences were only evident for the constables