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Prevalence of H. pylori infection associated with clinical disorders diagnosed by upper gastrointestinal endoscopies, retrospective analysis of 1478 cases / Prevalência de infecção pelo Helicobacter pylori associada às afecções diagnosticadas por endoscopia digestiva alta: análise retrospectiva de 1478 casos

Sérgio Barbosa Marques

Introduction: Peptic ulcer prevalence and other esophageal and gastroduodenal disorders associated with H. pylori infection changed as a consequence of its eradication and the use of gastric acid secretor inhibitors. Purpose: To establish H. pylori infection prevalence associated with clinical disorders diagnosed by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, and determine the risk factors. Methods: Data from 1478 patients were analyzed, and the endoscopic findings were correlated with the urease test results, age and gender. Patients with normal endoscopy were considered control group for statistical analysis of the risk factors, comprising a total of 272 individuals. Results: The overall prevalence of H. pylori infection was 53% (n=786), being higher between 31 and 40 years old. The most frequent endoscopic findings were gastritis (n=810, 54.8%), peptic ulcer (n=494, 33.4%), duodenitis (n=287, 19.4%) and esophagitis (n=217, 14.7%). Only nodular gastritis and peptic ulcer were associated with H. pylori infection (p<0.05). Erosive gastritis (70%) in the antrum (n=644; 78.5%) predominated in relation to pangastritis (n=166, 20.2%) and the ones in the corpus (n=19, 2.3%). Among peptic ulcer cases, 103 (7%) were gastric, 343 (23.2%) were duodenal and 48 (3.2%) were gastric and duodenal. Esophagitis usually was mild (grade A in 63.1%), 23.5% were moderate (grade B) and 13.3% were intense (grades C and D). H. pylori infection increased the risk of gastric and duodenal ulcers by 1.9 and 1.6-fold, respectively. Male gender and being older were risks of all the other conditions. Conclusion: H. pylori infection associated with older age and male gender were important determinants to gastrointestinal diseases outcome