@misc{cogprints5717,
          volume = {6},
          number = {1},
           month = {July},
          author = {Emmanuel Ike Ugwuja and Nicholas Chukwuka Ugwu},
          editor = {Dr. Srinivas Kakkilaya},
           title = {Helicobacter pylori In Uninvestigated Dyspepsia In Primary Cares In Abakaliki, Nigeria},
       publisher = {Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya},
            year = {2007},
         journal = {Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences},
        keywords = {H. pylori, infection, Prevalence, Dyspepsia, Ulcer},
             url = {http://cogprints.org/5717/},
        abstract = {There is paucity of information on the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Nigeria. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine the prevalence of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to H. pylori in 262 consecutive patients (aged 5.5-56 years) presenting with dyspepsia in primary health cares in Abakaliki, Nigeria. Sixty-nine (26.3\%) of the patients had IgG antibodies to H. pylori. Significantly higher prevalence of H. pylori was recorded in older patients than in those {$\leq$} 20 years [29\% vs11\% (95\%CI: 0.072-0.288\%)]. Infection was comparable between males and females [28\% vs 25\%, (95\% CI: - 0.078 ? 0.138)] but inversely related to the socio-economic status of patients [30.5\% vs 14\%. (95\% CI: 0.054-0.28) and 30.3\% vs 8.3\% (95\% CI: 0.053-0.391) between lower and middle and between lower and upper class respectively]. The high endemicity of H. pylori infection in this study needs confirmation in different settings and/or in the general population.}
}

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