?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Helicobacter+pylori+In+Uninvestigated+Dyspepsia+In+Primary+Cares+In+Abakaliki%2C+Nigeria&rft.creator=Ugwuja%2C+Emmanuel+Ike&rft.creator=Ugwu%2C+Nicholas+Chukwuka&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=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%2C+Nigeria.+Sixty-nine+(26.3%25)+of+the+patients+had+IgG+antibodies+to+H.+pylori.+Significantly+higher+prevalence+of+H.+pylori+was+recorded+in+older+patients+than+in+those+%E2%89%A4+20+years+%5B29%25+vs11%25+(95%25CI%3A+0.072-0.288%25)%5D.+Infection+was+comparable+between+males+and+females+%5B28%25+vs+25%25%2C+(95%25+CI%3A+-+0.078+%E2%80%93+0.138)%5D+but+inversely+related+to+the+socio-economic+status+of+patients+%5B30.5%25+vs+14%25.+(95%25+CI%3A+0.054-0.28)+and+30.3%25+vs+8.3%25+(95%25+CI%3A+0.053-0.391)+between+lower+and+middle+and+between+lower+and+upper+class+respectively%5D.+The+high+endemicity+of+H.+pylori+infection+in+this+study+needs+confirmation+in+different+settings+and%2For+in+the+general+population.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2007-07-17&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5717%2F1%2F2007-1-4.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ugwuja%2C+Emmanuel+Ike+and+Ugwu%2C+Nicholas+Chukwuka++(2007)+Helicobacter+pylori+In+Uninvestigated+Dyspepsia+In+Primary+Cares+In+Abakaliki%2C+Nigeria.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5717%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>