title: Prevalence of gastric and duodenal ulcers at endoscopy in Nigerian and British patients.
abstract: We compared endoscopic findings in 243 Nigerian and 1867 British patients undergoing endoscopy for similar indications. The Nigerian patients were much younger, 46.5% of them being less than 35 years old whereas the British patients were older, with only 36.2% being less than 35 years old (P = 0.001). Duodenal ulcers were commoner in the Nigerian patients (P = 0.03) and gastric ulcers were also commoner in the Nigerian patients who were less than 35 years old (P = 0.01). There was no difference in the prevalence of gastric nor oesophageal carcinoma in the two groups.
authors.affiliation: Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Malu
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Sobala
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000473:pathology*; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D004739:England; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D015995:Prevalence; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000473:pathology*