Year 2006 / Volume 98 / Number 4
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Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in the general adult population of the province of Ourense

pp. 241-248

R. Macenlle García, P. Gayoso Diz, R. A. Sueiro Benavides and J. Fernández Seara

Abstract
Objectives: to determine the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori
infection in the general adult population of the province of
Ourense.
Material and methods: a cross-sectional study was carried
out with a randomly selected populational sample. The diagnosis
of Helicobacter pylori infection was reached using the 13C-urea
breath test.
Results: three hundred and eighty-three subjects were studied,
with a prevalence rate of 69.1% (95% CI: 61.7-75.1%);
69.8% (95% CI: 63.2-76.6%) in males and 68.4% (95% CI:
61.5-75.4%) in females (difference not statistically significant).
Prevalence increases with age up to a maximum of 88.4% in the
45-54 years age group, and decreases thereafter to a rate of
57.1% in individuals over the age of 84 years.
Conclusion: this study reveals that the prevalence rate of Helicobacter
pylori infection is high in the general adult population
of the province of Ourense. It increases with age until it peaks in
the group of middle-aged individuals and is similar in both sexes
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