A nested case-control study of the association of Helicobacter pylori infection with gastric adenocarcinoma in Korea

A Shin; H R Shin; D Kang; S K Park; C-S Kim; K-Y Yoo

doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602467

A nested case-control study of the association of Helicobacter pylori infection with gastric adenocarcinoma in Korea

Br J Cancer. 2005 Apr 11;92(7):1273-5. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602467.

Authors

A Shin¹, H R Shin, D Kang, S K Park, C-S Kim, K-Y Yoo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

In a nested case-control study of 86 cases of gastric adenocarcinoma in relation to Helicobacter pylori infection in the Korean Multi-center Cancer Cohort, the H. pylori IgG seropositivity was 83.7% and that of the 344 matched controls was 80.8%, with a matched odds ratio for H. pylori infection of 1.06 (95% CI, 0.80-1.40).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / epidemiology*
Adenocarcinoma / etiology
Adenocarcinoma / microbiology*
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Case-Control Studies
Female
Helicobacter Infections / complications*
Helicobacter pylori / pathogenicity*
Humans
Korea / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Serologic Tests
Stomach Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Stomach Neoplasms / etiology
Stomach Neoplasms / microbiology*