| Category |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| Manuscript Type |
Topic Highlights |
| Article Title |
Blood pressure and stature in Helicobacter pylori positive and negative persons
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| Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Marcela Kopacova, Ilona Koupil, Bohumil Seifert, Miluska Skodova Fendrichova, Jana Spirkova, Viktor Vorisek, Stanislav Rejchrt, Tomas Douda, Ilja Tacheci and Jan Bures |
| Funding Agency and Grant Number |
| Funding Agency |
Grant Number |
| Research project PRVOUK P37-08 (from Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic) |
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| Corresponding Author |
Marcela Kopacova, MD, PhD, Professor, 2nd Department of Medicine - Gastroenterology, Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Kralove, University Teaching Hospital, Sokolska 581, 50005 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. marcela.kopacova@fnhk.cz |
| Key Words |
Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Czech Republic; 13C-urea breath test; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Weight; Stature; Body mass index |
| Core Tip |
Our group studied body indices and basic vital signs in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) positive and negative persons in 2001. The prevalence of H. pylori infection decreased significantly in the Czech Republic from 41.7% (2001) to 23.5% (2011). The aim of this multi-centre prospective study was to evaluate body indices and vital signs using comparable methods in the general population from identical geographical areas 10 years later. According to our current results, chronic H. pylori infection was associated with short stature in children. H. pylori infection did not influence blood pressure, body weight and body mass index either in adults or children and adolescents.
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| Publish Date |
2014-05-18 12:31 |
| Citation |
Kopacova M, Koupil I, Seifert B, Fendrichova MS, Spirkova J, Vorisek V, Rejchrt S, Douda T, Tacheci I, Bures J. Blood pressure and stature in Helicobacter pylori positive and negative persons. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(19): 5625-5631 |
| URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i19/5625.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i19.5625 |
