title: [Epidemiology of dyspepsia].
abstract: Epidemiology of uninvestigated dyspepsia was studied in the Czech Republic for the first time in 2001. The aim of our current multi-centre prospective study was to evaluate dyspepsia using the same methods in a representative sample of general unselected population from the same geographical areas 10 years later. A total of 22 centres entered the study. A total of 1,836 subjects (aged 5-98 years) were enrolled. The overall prevalence of dyspepsia was 12 %; namely 3.5 % in subjects aged 5-24 years, 18 % among 25-64-year-old persons and 15 % in subjects 65 years. Despite the substantial decrease of Helicobacter pylori infection in the Czech Republic over the past 10 years, the prevalence and basic socio-demographic determinants of uninvestigated dyspepsia did not change significantly.
authors.forename: Stanislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rejchrt
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Koupil
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kopáčová
authors.forename: Miluška Skodová
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Fendrichová
authors.forename: Bohumil
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Voříšek
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spirková
authors.forename: Tomáš
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Douda
authors.forename: Ilja
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tachecí
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bureš
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies