Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019
PREVALENCE OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI IN RELATION TO SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
Dr. M. Kannan, Dr. R. Ramani, Dr. E. Kandasamy Alias Kumar
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H.Pylori infects people worldwide and is generally associated with unhygienic conditions and poor socioeconomicstatus.We studied the prevalence of H.Pylori in dyspeptic subjects according to their socioeconomic status Aim: To study the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in relation to socioecanomic status. Methods: A total of 224 patients with new onset dyspepsia were included in the study. They were classified according to the socioeconomic status using the Modified Kuppuswamy classification which utilizes three parameters namely education, occupation and monthly income. Socioeconomic status score was assigned to each patient. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed in all patients and antral mucosal sample was obtained for ultra rapid urease reaction for detection of Helicobacter pylori. Results; Out of 224 patients, 21 (9.3%) were from the lower sacioeconDmic class. 85 (37.9%) from the upper lower class, 91 (40.6%) from lower middle class and 27 (12%) from the upper middle class, The lower and upper lower classes were combined together ss tower socioeconomic status (47.4%) and the lower middle and upper middle classes were combined together as middle socioeconomic status (52.6%). In the middle socioeconomic status, 54 out of 118 (45.8%) tested positive when compared with the lower sociaeconomic status in which 78 out of 106 (73,6%) were positive (p<0,01). Conclusions; Hellcobacter pylorl Infection rates were higher among the lower socioeconomic classes.
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PREVALENCE OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI IN RELATION TO SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, Dr.M.Kannan, Dr.R.Ramani, Dr.E.Kandasamy Alias Kumar INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019
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PREVALENCE OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI IN RELATION TO SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, Dr.M.Kannan, Dr.R.Ramani, Dr.E.Kandasamy Alias Kumar INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019
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