The association between periodontal diseases and helicobacter pylori: an updated meta-analysis of observational studies.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Various studies have examined the association between periodontitis and helicobacter pylori and reported conflicting results. The aimed of this systematic review and meta-analysis estimating the association between these two variables.

Methods

Electronic databases including PubMed (Medline), Scopus, Web of Sciences and Medline (Elsevier) were searched using the relevant keywords. All observational studies comparing the association between periodontitis and helicobacter pylori were considered. The Newcastle - Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale (NOS) checklist was used for assessing quality of included studies. All statistical analyses were completed using STATA (Version 16).

Results

Twenty-three studies with 8,638 patients (15 case-control with 2,366 patients

SUBMITTER: Moradi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10369707 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature