Trends in ulcer frequency.
Recent data have confirmed that changes in ulcer frequency, at least as measured by altered mortality and perforation rates, continue in the United Kingdom. The causes are largely unclear. Decreases in younger men may be associated with reduced cigarette consumption and increases in the elderly at least in part with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug consumption.
University Department of Therapeutics, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000453:epidemiology; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D006113:United Kingdom