Investigation of the status quos of helicobacter pylori infection in people of the area bordering Yunnan ,Guizhou and Guangxi / 实用医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the status quos of helicobacter pylori infection in people of the area bordering Yunnan,Guizhou and Guangxi so as to provide the basis for the prevention of diseases caused by helico-bacter pylori infection. Methods There were 29547 people including 6644 civil servants,1484 medical staff,5839 factory workers,5542 teachers,10038 students,who took physical examination from January,2012 to Decem-ber,2015 in the Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities. According to the principle of stratified sampling,3363 people were selected at random from the above groups. Among them there were 756 civil servants,215 medical staff,689 factory workers,654 teachers,1049 students. And there were 1515 Zhuang people, 897 Han people,234 Miao people,282 Yao people ,147 Gelao ,134 Buyi,154 people from other ethnics. Their ages ranged from 7 to 65. ELISA reagent method was adopted to detect helicobacter pylori infection. The relationship between ethnicity,gender,age,occupation,region and infection rate was analyzed. Results The total positive rate of helicobacter pylori was 47.2%in this region. As for different ethnic groups,the positive rate of Zhuang people was as high as 52.7%,and that of Kelao people was the lowest ,only 31.3%. Women′s infection rate was 41.5%,while that of the male was 52.4%. In terms of different age groups,people aged from 50 to 59 got an infection rate as high as 55.3%,while the age group under 18 had the lowest rate,only 19.6%. In the aspect of different professions,civil servants had the highest positive rate 57.9%. Students had the lowest rate 35.9%. Regional distribution analysis showed that Baise had the highest infection rate(51.4%),while Qian xi nan had the lowest rate of 33.9%. There was statistical difference in helicobacter pylori infection between different ethnic groups,genders,ages,occupations and regions(P<0.05). Conclusion The infection of helicobacter pylori in people of the area bordering Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi are related to ethnicity,gender,age,occupation and region.