Changes in prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Japan from 2008 to 2018: a repeated cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To understand the recent prevalence and time trends of Helicobacter pylori infection rates in the Japanese population.

Design

Repeated cross-sectional study.

Participants

A total of 22 120 workers (age: 35-65 years) from one Japanese company, who underwent serum H. pylori antibody tests in a health check-up between 2008 and 2018.

Measures

H. pylori infection rates among participants aged 35 years from 2008 to 2018, and participants aged 35, 40, 45, and 50-65 years in 2018, based on the results of serum antibody tests, were analysed. In the 2018 analysis, in addition to the antibody test results, all participants who had undergone eradication treatment for H. pylori were considered as infected. Trends were examined using jo

SUBMITTER: Abiko S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9462096 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature