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Title: | Helicobacter pylori infection: an added stressor on iron status of women in the community. |
Authors: | Peach, Hedley G. Bath, Nicole E. Farish, Stephen J. |
Issue Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Australasian Medical Publishing Company |
Place of publication: | Sydney |
Publication Title: | Medical Journal of Australia |
Volume: | 169 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page: | 188 |
End Page: | 190 |
Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To explore a possible association between Helicobacter pylori infection and iron status. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Ballarat (a major regional city in Victoria), population 78000, October November 1997. PARTICIPANTS: 160 women and 152 men, a subsample of participants in a cardiovascular disease risk factor prevalence survey for whom frozen plasma was available. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: H. pylori IgG antibody status by enzyme immunoassay; iron intake; plasma iron, transferrin and ferritin concentrations. RESULTS: 28% of women and 33% of men were infected with H. pylori. The mean (SEM) plasma ferritin concentration of infected women (59.3 [7.6] microg/L) was significantly lower than for non-infected women (88.8 [7.9] microg/L; P=0.002), after adjusting for age. Mean daily dietary iron intakes were similar in infected and non-infected women. CONCLUSIONS: H. pylori infection appears to be an additional stressor on women's iron status, but the mechanism remains to be determined. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11054/145 |
ISSN: | 0025-729X |
Internal ID Number: | 00129 |
Health Subject: | HELICOBACTER PYLORI IRON STATUS WOMEN COMMUNITY |
Type: | Journal Article Article |
Appears in Collections: | Research Output |
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