title: H. pylori and reflux esophagitis in Turkish patients living in the Zaanstreek region in the Netherlands.
abstract: There are data on the prevalence is of reflux esophagitis in a population with a high prevalence of H. pylori infection. A cross-sectional study was done in a Turkish population in The Netherlands. A total of 1640 consecutive patients with reflux esophagitis were included. Sixty-one patients were of Turkish descent. Reflux esophagitis occurred significantly more often in ethnically Dutchpeople (overall 33% vs. 9.7%, P < 0.001). H. pylori was present in 60.6% of Turkish patients and in 18.5% of Dutch patients. All Turkish patients only suffered from mild esophagitis. It is concluded that the occurrence of reflux esophagitis is low in a population of Turkish patients with a high prevalence of H. pylori.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, de Heel Zaans Medisch Centrum, Zaandam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R J L F
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Loffeld
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004942:Esophagitis, Peptic / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000208:ethnology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology