ABSTRACT
Current data on the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in dyspeptic diabetic patients are contradictory in the literature. The aim was to assess the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection, gastroscopic lesions, and gastric histopathological lesions, in dyspeptic diabetic patients. It was a case-control study collecting 394 dyspeptic patients [194 diabetic and 200 nondiabetic patients]. The average age of patients was 47 years. 144 patients [47%] were male and 150 patients [53%] were female. The two patient groups were matched for age and sex. The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection was comparable between the two groups of patients [85% in diabetics versus 90% in the controls]. The frequency of gastroscopic lesions was 50% in diabetics and 55% in controls with no significant difference between the two groups. At histology, the prevalence of chronic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, and gastric atrophy was 85%, 13% and 39% respectively in the group of diabetic patients. These results were comparable to those found in patients without diabetes. Our work shows no difference between diabetics and non-diabetics on the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection, gastroscopic, and gastric histopathological lesions