The Distribution of Endoscopic Gastritis in 25,536 Heath Check-up Subjects in Korea
The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research
; : 237-243, 2012.
Article
ي Ko
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-134403
المكتبة المسؤولة:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIMS:
Chronic gastritis is a common finding during endoscopy and it is very important to describe it correctly. This study was designed to evaluate the distribution of endoscopic gastritis and the differences according to age, sex or area. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
A clinical analysis was conducted on 25,536 subjects who had undergone an upper endoscopy for routine health check-up. Endoscopic gastritis was classified into four types, superficial gastritis, erosive gastritis, atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia. The distribution of the four types of gastritis was evaluated according to sex, age and area.RESULTS:
51.6% of the patients had experienced at least one of the symptoms (epigastric pain or discomfort, soarness, dyspepsia, abdominal pain) on at least a few occasions during the previous year. The incidence of normal gastric finding was 3,593 (14.1%). 21,943 (85.9%) subjects have at least more than one of endoscopic gastritis. The number of cases with superficial gastritis was 7,983 (31.3%), erosive gastritis 6,054 (23.7%), atrophic gastritis 6,918 (27.1%), and intestinal metaplasia 1,181 (7.1%). Erosive gastritis, atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia were more frequent in men than women (P or =60 years) than younger age group (P<0.001).CONCLUSIONS:
The prevalence of endoscopic gastritis was very common, 85.9%. In addition, erosive gastritis, atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia were more frequent in men and in the older age group, which is similar to gastric cancer or peptic ulcer. Cautious regular endoscopic follow-up might be necessary regardless of gastrointestinal symptoms in Korea.Key words
النص الكامل:
1
الفهرس:
WPRIM
الموضوع الرئيسي:
Peptic Ulcer
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Stomach Neoplasms
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Incidence
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Prevalence
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Helicobacter pylori
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Dyspepsia
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Endoscopy
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Gastritis
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Gastritis, Atrophic
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Korea
نوع الدراسة:
Incidence_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
المحددات:
Female
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Humans
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Male
البلد/الأقليم حسب الموضوع:
Asia
اللغة:
Ko
مجلة:
The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research
السنة:
2012
نوع:
Article